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to evade capture for some time, when he had reached Salisbury by carriage (because of the many railroads already damaged by Stoneman) on his flight from Greensboro.
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in May and assigned command of the combination of two depleted Louisiana brigades previously led by
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in early 1861, York organized a company of the 14th Louisiana Infantry and served as its first
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Masters of the Big House: Elite Slaveholders of the Mid-Nineteenth-Century South
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After his lengthy recuperation, York was assigned to recruiting duty in various
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Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History
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He was a pre-war lawyer and cotton planter in the state of
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Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.
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Stoneman's Raid: Salisbury and the Yadkin River Bridge
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Colonel York led the 14th Louisiana in the battles of
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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959.
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He was severely wounded in the 474: 460: 137:14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment 122: 97: 77: 29: 592:New York: Facts On File, 1988. 330:(being wounded a second time), 666:People from Vidalia, Louisiana 631:Transylvania University alumni 264:, and then studied law at the 1: 671:19th-century American lawyers 590:Who Was Who in the Civil War. 85:Confederate States of America 692: 676:Northern-born Confederates 391:Early's Raid on Washington 468:American Civil War portal 420:Bridge from an attack by 161:Second Battle of Bull Run 28: 555:Civil War High Commands. 359:Spotsylvania Court House 201:Valley Campaigns of 1864 191:Battle of the Wilderness 171:Battle of Fredericksburg 266:University of Louisiana 258:Transylvania University 218:Confederate States Army 105:Confederate States Army 313:Battle of Williamsburg 256:. York graduated from 236:. His grandfather was 549:Eicher, John H., and 446:Zebulon York died in 414:prisoner-of-war camps 361:. 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Avon, Maine
Natchez, Mississippi
Confederate States of America
Confederate States Army

Brigadier General
American Civil War
Peninsula Campaign
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Gettysburg Campaign
Bristoe Campaign
Mine Run Campaign
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Valley Campaigns of 1864
Confederate States Army
American Civil War
Avon, Maine
aide-de-camp
George Washington
American Revolution
Lord Cornwallis
Battle of Yorktown
Transylvania University
Kentucky
University of Louisiana
Louisiana

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