St. John Richardson Liddell

St. John R. Lidell
File:Liddell.jpg St. John Richardson Liddell
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Years of service	1837 – 1865
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles / wars	Mexican-American War American Civil War

St. John Richardson Liddell was a prominent Lousiana planter who served as a Confederate General during the Civil War. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837 but had resigned his commission by 1861.

He performed duty as a staff officer to P.G.T. Beauregard, William J. Hardee, and Albert Sidney Johnston during the conflict and served amongst the highest echelons of the Confederate military and political high command. His various field assignments included command of a division at Chickamauga in 1863, the District of Northeastern Lousiana during the Red River Campaign in 1864, and overall command of Mobile, Alabama until to its surrender in 1865. During the last campaign, Liddell and Union General E.R.S. Canby engaged in the Battle of Baldwin County after the April 9, 1865 armistice between North and South had been signed, due to the slow travel of information during the 19th century.

In 1866, Liddell wrote his memoirs and was highly critical of the Confederate leadership and his fellow officers, although he stands as one of the few Confederate authors of the peroid with ardent praise for General Braxton Bragg. He was assassinated in 1870 by Colonel Charles Jones over a real estate dispute.

External Links

• [1] Obituary of General St. John Richardson Lidell

References

• Hughes Jr., Nathaniel C., and Lidell, St. John R., Liddell's Record, Lousiana State University Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-8071-2218-1.