John Wilkins Whitfield
Confederate Army general and politician
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| Intro | Confederate Army general and politician | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 11 March 1818, Franklin | |
| Death | 27 October 1879Hallettsville (aged 61 years) |
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John Wilkins Whitfield (March 11, 1818 – October 27, 1879) was a territorial delegate to the United States Congress representing the Kansas Territory from 1854 until 1856. He was an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, being commissioned as a brigadier general on May 9, 1863.
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Whitfield was born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee. He served in the Mexican–American War as a lieutenant colonel. He moved to Independence, Missouri, in 1853. He was registrar of the land office at Doniphan, Kansas.
Whitfield served in the Texas cavalry during the Civil War, reaching the rank of brigadier general.
He settled in Lavaca County, Texas, after the war and served in the Texas House of Representatives. He died in Hallettsville, Texas, where he is buried.