Edward Porter Alexander
Military Person
1835 – 1910
Who was Edward Porter Alexander?
Edward Porter Alexander was a military engineer, railroad executive, planter, and author. He served first as an officer in the United States Army and later, during the American Civil War, in the Confederate Army, in which he rose to the rank of brigadier general. Alexander was the officer in charge of the massive artillery bombardment preceding Pickett's Charge, on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, and is also noted for his early use of signals and observation balloons during combat. After the Civil War, he wrote extensive memoirs and analyses of the conflict, which have received much praise for their insight and objectivity. His Military Memoirs of a Confederate were published in 1907. An extensive personal account of his military training and his participation in the Civil War was rediscovered long after his death and published in 1989 as Fighting for the Confederacy.
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- Born
- May 26, 1835
Washington - Nationality
- United States of America
- Confederate States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Died
- Apr 28, 1910
Savannah
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on July 23, 2013
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