William Mahone
American civil war general and politician (1826-1895) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 68
William Mahone was an American civil engineer, railroad executive, and Confederate States Army general. After the Civil War he became a defender of the rights of freedmen and a leader of the Readjuster Party. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate between 1881 and 1887.
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William Mahone in his younger years
General Mahone in Confederate uniform, c. 1864-1865
Share of the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio RR from 1871, signed by William Mahone as president
Mahone after the war
An 1881 political cartoon published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicting the newly elected U.S. Senator William Mahone as controlling the balance of power in the Senate.
Mahone mausoleum at Blandford Cemetery, identified by its "M" insignia
