William Young Conn Humes | |
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| Born | May 1, 1830 Abingdon, Virginia |
| Died | September 11, 1883 (aged 53) Huntsville, Alabama |
| Place of burial | Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee |
| Allegiance |  United States Confederate States of America |
| Service |  Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1861–65 |
| Rank |  Brigadier General[1] |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War |
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William Young Conn Humes (May 1, 1830 – September 11, 1883) was an American educator, lawyer, and soldier. He served as a Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War, in which he was wounded twice, and fought mainly in the Western Theater of the conflict. Afterward Humes resumed practicing law until his death.
- ^ Eicher (pp. 309, 815) and Warner (p. 145) both list Humes as a brigadier general, as does his headstone; However Wakelyn (p. 243) lists him as a major general effective March 10, 1865. Warner elaborates: "During the last months of the war he was nominally in divisional command, but the records do not disclose that he was ever officially advanced to the grade of major general."