James L. Kemper
Politician
1823 – 1895
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Who was James L. Kemper?
James Lawson Kemper was a lawyer, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the 37th Governor of Virginia. He was the youngest of the brigade commanders, and the only non-professional military officer, in the division that led Pickett's Charge, in which he was wounded and captured but rescued.
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- Born
- Jun 11, 1823
Madison County - Also known as
- James Kemper
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Confederate States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Washington and Lee University
- Lived in
- Virginia
- Died
- Apr 7, 1895
Orange County
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on July 23, 2013
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