John B. Magruder
✓ Source-basedstableConfederate Army general (1807-1871)
United StatesLived 1807 to 1871 · aged 63John Bankhead Magruder often referred to as "Prince John Magruder", was an American and Confederate military officer. A graduate of West Point, Magruder served with distinction during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and was a prominent Confederate Army general during the American Civil War (1861-1865).
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Magruder in an 1848 painting
A map of events up to the Battle of Seven Pines. Magruder held the Warwick Line until General Johnston's arrival on April 17, 1862.
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Magruder - standing top row, third from left - with Robert E. Lee and other Confederate officers in 1869
John Bankhead Magruder MonumentIn their orbit 2
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John Bankhead Magruder often referred to as "Prince John Magruder", was an American and Confederate military officer. A graduate of West Point, Magruder served with distinction during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and was a prominent Confederate Army general during the American Civil War (1861-1865). As a major general, he received recognition for delaying the advance of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, as well as recapturing Galveston, Texas the following year.
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