General George Dibrell, C.S.A.
File Name
Q93
Order Form
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Item Title
General George Dibrell , C.S.A .
Description
(In photograph , buttons on coat indicate rank of major general , although Dibrell was never promoted beyond brigadier.) Although he opposed secession , Dibrell enlisted in the 25th Tennessee Infantry in June 1861 and became a lieutenant colonel in August 1861 . He was not reelected the commander of his regiment in May 1862 , but he received authorization to raise a regiment of partisan rangers , the 8th Tennessee Cavalry , of which he was colonel . Major campaigns and battles include Mill Springs , Corinth , Chickamauga , Knoxville , the Atlanta campaign , and the Carolinas . Promoted to brigadier general in January 1865 . One of Dibrell's last duties was to protect the train carrying the archives of the Confederate War Department . These documents would prove instrumental in the compiling WAR OF THE REBELLION : OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES . After the war , Dibrell returned to Tennessee , where he became a community and state leader . He died in Sparta , Tennessee , in May 1888 . Sources : Boatner , Mark M . The Civil War Dictionary . New York : Vintage Books , 1988 . Davis , William C. , ed . The Confederate General . Vol . 2 . National Historical Society , 1991 .
Date
1865 circa
Time Period
1860-1869
Photographer
Giers , C . C. , Nashville
Subject
Dibrell, George Gibbs, 1822-1888 Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Tennessee United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
Still image
Format
Photographs Studio portraits Cartes-de-visite
Author
Young, Dr. Richard C.
Collection or Series Title
Dr. Richard C. Young Confederate officers photograph album
Box Number
LPP4 , #076
Catalog Record
http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01ALABAMA:default_scope:01ALABAMA_ALMA216228110002743
Repository
Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
Language
English
Rights
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Original Size
2.1 by 3.6 inches
Digital Format
600 dpi tiff
Project Name
Confederate officers Cornerstone Project
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