Samuel Gibbs French
✓ Source-basedfallingConfederate Army general (1818-1910)
United StatesLived 1818 to 1910 · aged 91Samuel Gibbs French was an American military officer from New Jersey. S. Army in the Mexican-American War, and was wounded at the Battle of Buena Vista. In 1856, he resigned his commission to manage a plantation in Mississippi he obtained through marriage.
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Two ceremonial swords were given to French by the citizens and Legislature of New Jersey in recognition of his service in the Mexican American War.
Woodbury, New Jersey residents protested in front of and stormed French's summer house when they learned of his secession to the Confederacy.
Photo of French from his autobiography, published in 1901
Samuel Gibbs French cenotaph in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaAbout this person
Samuel Gibbs French was an American military officer from New Jersey. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1843, served as a captain in the U.S. Army in the Mexican-American War, and was wounded at the Battle of Buena Vista. In 1856, he resigned his commission to manage a plantation in Mississippi he obtained through marriage.
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