Montgomery Dent Corse ( Montgomery Dent Corse ) ( March 14, 1816 , Alexandria , Virginia , USA - February 11, 1895 ) - American banker, gold digger and military. He served as general of the Confederation army during the American Civil War . He commanded a regiment, then a brigade in the North Virginia Army , and participated in several decisive battles.
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Early years
Montgomery Corse was born in Alexandria , Virginia , in 1816 . He was the eldest son of John and Julia Corse. He graduated from the Bradley Love Military School in Kolross and the Benjamin Hellowell School. As a child, he witnessed the arrival of General Lafayette in Alexandria (1825), and participated in the inauguration of President Andrew Jackson in 1829.
He first worked with his father, then became captain of the 1st Virginia regiment during the Mexican war. In 1849 , in the years of the " gold rush " sailed to California, becoming one of the so-called "people of the 49th." In 1856 he returned to Alexandria and went into banking with his brothers, John and William Corse. Three years later he became a lieutenant of the Alexandrian militia. In 1860 he organized a detachment known as the “Old Dominion Rifles” and became its captain [2] .
Civil War
In early 1861, he was promoted to Major of the 6th Virginia Infantry Battalion, and soon, having received the rank of colonel, he headed the 17th Virginia Infantry Regiment . He commanded a regiment in the battle of Blackburn Ford and a few days later in the first battle of Bul-Run (albeit on a calm front).
In 1862, the Montgomery Regiment went through the whole Peninsula campaign: participated in the battles of Yorktown , Williamsburg , Seven-Pines and the Seven- Day Battle . During the campaign following the Severovirgin campaign, Corse commanded the brigade of James Kemper during the second battle of Bul-Ran , where he was wounded (temporarily handed over to the brigade to William Terry ). Despite being wounded, he participated in the Maryland campaign and was wounded for the second time in the battles of the South Mountain (in the face) and at Entity , leading his regiment during attacks. Korsa, wounded in the leg, lay for some time in the territory occupied by federal troops, but was found and removed from the battlefield after the attack of the Tumbes brigade [3] .
In that battle, the regiment of Corce seized two banners, but by the end of the battle only 7 people remained in the ranks [4] .
On November 1, he received the rank of brigadier general [2] and headed the newly formed infantry brigade. His brigade joined the division of General George Pickett and took little part in the battle of Fredericksburg .
Korsa married Elizabeth Beverly ( 1825 - 1894 ) on November 22, 1862 . They had four children.
At the beginning of 1863, as part of General Corps General James Longstreet, he participated in an expedition to the southeastern part of the state of Virginia and the siege of Suffolk , as a result of which he did not participate in the battle at Chancelorsville . During the Gettysburg campaign, Corse's brigade was assigned to defend Hanover Junction north of Richmond (the Pikett division standing there was aimed at strengthening the Severo-Virginia army). Because of this, the brigade did not participate in the Gettysburg battle, or in the disastrous attack of Piket .
Pickett’s division was assigned to Longstreet’s corps and was transferred to Georgia and Tennessee at the end of 1863, conducting operations in the western part of the state of Virginia . A brigade as part of a division participated in the Battle of New Bern, North Carolina. After the Battle of Druris Bluff with parts of General Benjamin Butler during the action on Bermuda-Handred, the brigade finally merged with the main forces of the North Virginia Army and took part in the battle of Cold Harbor and during the siege of Petersberg . At that time, the brigade consisted of five Virginia regiments:
- The 15th virgin one
- 17th Virginia ,
- 29th Virginia
- 30th Virginia
- 32nd Virginia
After a catastrophic defeat in the battle of Fife-Forks , the army retreated and after the battle of Appomattox surrendered. Corse was captured during the Battle of Saylers Creek , which occurred on April 6, 1865 .
After being captured, General Corse was escorted to Fort Warren near Boston , Massachusetts , on the day when President Lincoln was assassinated, Corse and the other 14 former generals of the south escaped from the violence of the northerners by escaping from the camp.
Post-war activities
After the war, he pledged allegiance to the United States (July 24, 1865) and was released from Fort Warren. Later, he returned to banking in Alexandria ( Virginia ) with his brothers. He was an honorary member of the Union of Confederate Veterans. In 1870, he was seriously injured during the collapse of the Virginia Capitol in Richmond . A few years later he partially lost his sight. On May 24, 1880, Corse was an honored guest — along with Fitzhugh Lee and Joseph Johnston — at the opening of the Confederation Monument in Washington and Alexandria.
In 1872, Corse started having vision problems and he underwent several operations on his eyes. As a result, he retained his vision, but could not read and write [3] .
Mongomery Corse died at his home in Alexandria on February 11, 1895 after a short illness. He and his wife are buried in the city's episcopal cemetery. His papers and military notes were included in the collection of documents of the Alexandrian library.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ 1 2 Routledge Encyclopedia S.125
- 2 1 2 Jack D. Welsh, Medical Histories of Confederate Generals, Kent State University Press, 1999 P.49
- ↑ Spencer C. Tucker, American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [6 volumes]: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection, ABC-CLIO, 2013 P.441
Literature
- John D. Wright, The Routledge Encyclopedia of Civil War Era Biographies, Routledge, 2013 ISBN 0-415-87803-9