From Wikipedia.
In the last post I listed the names of six Confederate generals born in Kershaw County, S.C.. One of them was James Kershaw (so I wonder if he had something to do with the county's founding). I was familiar with James Chesnut, Jr., but only because of his wife Mary's diary from the war.
I was not familiar at all with the other four.
Here's one of them.
JAMES CANTEY (December 30, 1818 - June 30, 1874)
He served as an officer in the Palmetto Regiment during the Mexican War. In one battle he was severely wounded and left among the dead until his enslaved servant retrieved the body to be buried at home and found him still alive. He saved James' life. James offered him his freedom for that, but was refused.
After the war, he moved to Alabama and bought land, becoming a planter in Russell County.
--Old Secesh
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