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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Lawrence O'Bryan Branch |
Address | Wake County Raleigh, North Carolina , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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November 28, 1820
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Died | September 17, 1862
(41 years)
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Contributor | Chronicler |
Last Modifed | RBH Jan 05, 2015 05:12pm |
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Info | BRANCH, Lawrence O’Bryan, (father of William Augustus Blount Branch and nephew of John Branch), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Enfield, Halifax County, N.C., November 28, 1820; pursued a preparatory course under a private teacher in Washington, D.C., and at the Bingham Military Academy in North Carolina; attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for a short time and was graduated from Princeton College in 1838; studied law at Nashville, Tenn., and owned and edited a newspaper there; moved to Tallahassee, Fla., in 1840; was admitted to the bar in Florida in 1840 by a special act of the legislature and commenced practice in Tallahassee; fought in the Seminole War in 1841; moved to Raleigh, N.C., in 1852 and continued the practice of law; president of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Co.
US House (D-NC) 1855-1861
Appointed secretary of the Treasury by President Buchanan December 2, 1860, but declined; entered the Confederate Army in May 1861 and was appointed brigadier general the same year; senior brigadier general in A.P. Hill’s division, Stonewall Jackson’s corps; killed in the Battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Md., while in command of the Fourth Brigade, North Carolina Troops, September 17, 1862; interment in Old City Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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