The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Lt.Col. Frederick L. Childs--Part 1: West Point Class of 1855


Wikipedia List of Regular Army Confederate Officers.

Captain ACSA    Lieutenant Colonel PACS  Last Unit served  2nd N.C. Local Defense Troops

ACSA--  Army of the Confederate States of America
PACS--Provisional Army of the Confederate States

Civil War in the East site.

West Point Officers Officers in the Civil War--  Class of 1855

Frederick L. Childs   #9 in class, Lieutenant Colonel.

31 members of the Class of 1855 (out of 34) served in the Civil War.  Seven served in the Confederate Army.

Some other notables in the West Point Class of 1855.

Cyrus B. Comstock  #1  Captain, engineers
David McMurtrie Gregg  #8  Brigadier General
William Babcock Hazen  #28  Major General
Godfrey Weitzel  #2  Major General  He was at the First Battle of Fort Fisher.

--Old Secesh




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