Cadmus M. Wilcox
| Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox | |
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Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox
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| Nickname(s) | Billy Fixin' |
| Born |
May 20, 1824 Wayne County, North Carolina |
| Died | December 2, 1890 (aged 66) Washington, D.C. |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1861–65 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 Captain (USA) Major General (CSA)
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| Commands held |
9th Alabama Infantry Regiment Wilcox's Brigade Wilcox's Division |
| Battles/wars |
Mexican–American War American Civil War |
| Other work | author |
Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox (May 20, 1824 – December 2, 1890) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and also was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
Wilcox was born in Wayne County, North Carolina. One of his brothers, John Allen Wilcox, would later serve in the First Confederate Congress as a representative from Texas. The family moved to Tipton County, Tennessee, when Cadmus was only two years old. He was raised and educated in Tennessee, studying at Cumberland College before being nominated to the United States Military Academy at West Point from the Memphis district. He graduated in 1846, standing 54th out of 59 cadets, and was brevetted a second lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Infantry on July 1. Among his West Point classmates were future Civil War generals George B. McClellan and Thomas J. Jackson.
With the Mexican–American War already underway, Wilcox joined the 4th Infantry in the Mexican city of Monterrey in 1847. He was appointed as an aide to Maj. Gen. John A. Quitman, acting as his adjutant at the Battle of Veracruz and the Battle of Cerro Gordo. For gallant conduct at the Battle of Chapultepec, in action at the Belén Gate, and the Battle for Mexico City, Wilcox was appointed a brevet first lieutenant on September 13.
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