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Henry DeLamar Clayton (general)

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in January 1861. Their services were initially not needed, but Clayton was subsequently ordered to take command of all incoming Alabama volunteer troops as they assembled in
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consisting of the 18th, 32nd, 36th, 38th, and 58th Alabama regiments. Clayton was active in a number of subsequent campaigns and battles, including
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government. He was twice reelected as judge in 1874 and 1880. In 1886, Clayton accepted a position as the president of the
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In January 1862, Clayton resigned his commission and returned to Alabama. There, the governor authorized him to raise a new
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saw combat over two days, of which the 1st Alabama performed admirably at the Battle in the Bay for Port Barrancas.
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With the fall of the Confederacy, Clayton resumed his law practice. In May 1866, he was elected as a
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Henry De Lamar Clayton Sr. papers, W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
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was formally mustered into Confederate service in late March, with Clayton as its first colonel. The
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This article is about the Civil War general. For his son, a Congressman and judge, see
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judge. Like so many other former Confederates, he was removed from his office by the
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of the 3rd Alabama Volunteers, a statewide militia organization.
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in the early winter as a part of the brigade of Brig. Gen.
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Clayton and the 39th Alabama in the Kentucky Campaign
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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959.
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Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr.

Pulaski County, Georgia
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Confederate States of America
Confederate States Army

Major General
1st Regiment Alabama Infantry
American Civil War
Alabama
Redeemer
major general
Confederate Army
American Civil War
division
Army of Tennessee
Western Theater
Pulaski County, Georgia
Emory and Henry College
Virginia
Eufaula, Alabama
read law
Clayton, Alabama
Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr.
Bertram Tracy Clayton
United States Congressmen
James L. Pugh
Alabama House of Representatives
militia

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