Humphrey Marshall (general)
| Humphrey Marshall | |
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| Born |
January 13, 1812 Frankfort, Kentucky |
| Died | March 28, 1872 (aged 60) Louisville, Kentucky |
| Place of burial | Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Confederate States of America |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1832–1833, 1846–1847 (USA) 1861–1863 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 Second Lieutenant (USA) Lieutenant Colonel (Kentucky Militia) Colonel (USV) Brigadier General (CSA) |
| Unit | 1st U.S. Dragoons |
| Commands held | 1st Kentucky Cavalry (USV) |
| Battles/wars |
Black Hawk War Mexican-American War - Battle of Buena Vista American Civil War - Battle of Middle Creek |
| Other work | U.S. and Confederate Congressman, Commissioner to the Empire of China |
Humphrey Marshall (January 13, 1812 – March 28, 1872) was a four-term antebellum United States Congressman and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army and a Confederate Congressman during the American Civil War.
Marshall was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, to John Jay (1785–1846) and Anna Birney Marshall. John Jay Marshall was a legislator, law reporter and judge, whose father, also named Humphrey Marshall, was a member of the United States Senate from Kentucky. This elder Humphrey Marshall was a nephew of Chief Justice John Marshall's father, Thomas Marshall. The younger Humphrey Marshall's uncle James G. Birney was a well known abolitionist, and two first cousins, William Birney and David B. Birney, served as major generals in the Union army. Another cousin later served as the Lieutenant Governor of Michigan.
Marshall graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1832, was assigned to the mounted rangers, served in the Black Hawk War, and was breveted as a second lieutenant. However, he resigned from the Army in April 1833 to study law. He was admitted to the bar in 1833 and practiced in Frankfort for two years before moving to Louisville. He became captain in the Kentucky militia in 1836, major in 1838, and lieutenant colonel in 1841. In 1836 he raised a company of volunteers and marched to defend the Texas frontier against the Indians, but his force disbanded on hearing of General Sam Houston's victory at San Jacinto. In 1846 he became Colonel of the 1st Kentucky Cavalry during the Mexican-American War, where he fought at the Battle of Buena Vista as a part of Zachary Taylor's Army of Occupation. Returning from Mexico, Marshall engaged in agricultural pursuits in Henry County, Kentucky.
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