Evander Law
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Maj. Gen. Evander McIver Law |
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Evander M. Law
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| Birth name | Evander McIver Law |
| Born |
August 7, 1836 Darlington, South Carolina |
| Died | October 31, 1920 (aged 84) Bartow, Florida |
| Buried | Oak Hill Cemetery Bartow, Florida |
| Allegiance |  Confederate States of America |
| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General Major General(unconfirmed) |
| Commands held | 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment Alabama Brigade Hood's Division (temporary) Butler's Cavalry Brigade Butler's Cavalry Division |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
| Other work | college professor, founder of the South Florida Military College |
Evander McIver Law (August 7, 1836 – October 31, 1920) was an author, teacher, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
Law was born in Darlington, South Carolina. His grandfather and his two great-grandfathers had fought in the American Revolutionary War under Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" guerrilla leader. He attended the South Carolina Military Academy (now The Citadel) in 1856 and was a professor of history at Kings Mountain Military Academy from 1858 to 1860, when he moved to Alabama to form his own Military High School in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Immediately following Alabama's secession from the Union, Law joined the Alabama Militia as a captain. In April 1861 he transferred to the Confederate States Army as a captain in the 4th Alabama Infantry, a unit he helped recruit from students at his high school. The 4th Alabama was also known as the Alabama Zouaves". The following month he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. At the First Battle of Bull Run he was in Brig. Gen. Barnard E. Bee's brigade. The colonel of his regiment was killed in action and Law was wounded in the arm. Law recovered, although his left arm was stiff and almost useless, and returned to the regiment. He was promoted to colonel on October 28, 1861, and assumed command of what would become known as the "Alabama Brigade" under Maj. Gen. James Longstreet in the Army of Northern Virginia in May 1862.
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