James B. Terrill
| James Barbour Terrill | |
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James B. Terrill
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| Born |
February 20, 1838 Bath County, Virginia |
| Died | May 30, 1864 (aged 26) Hanover County, Virginia |
| Allegiance |
 Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1858-1861 1861-1864 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General
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| Commands held |
 13th Virginia Infantry
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| Battles/wars | |
James B. Terrill, often identified as James Barbour Terrill (February 20, 1838 – May 30, 1864) was a lawyer and an officer in the Confederate States Army.
He was practicing law in Warm Springs, Virginia when the American Civil War began. He joined the Confederate Army and was elected major of the 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment in May 1861. He became colonel of the regiment after the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 15, 1863. On May 30, 1864, he was killed in action at the Battle of Totopotomoy Creek or Battle of Bethesda Church, which immediately preceded the Battle of Cold Harbor during the Overland Campaign. Terrill had already been nominated to the grade of brigadier general. The Confederate Senate posthumously confirmed the appointment on May 31, 1864, to rank from June 1, 1864.
James Barbour Terrill was the son of Colonel William H. Terrill. For many years, William Terrill was the prosecuting attorney for Bath County, Virginia.
James B. Terrill was a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, class of 1858. He studied law in Lexington, Virginia at the school of the Hon. John W. Brockenbrough. Starting in 1860 and when the Civil War began, he was practicing law in Warm Springs, Virginia.
James Terrill was the brother of Confederate Private Phillip Terrill, who was killed in action at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Union General William Rufus Terrill, an 1853 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, who was mortally wounded on October 8, 1862 at the Battle of Perryville, and died the next day, and Emily Terrill Porterfield, the wife of Confederate Colonel George A. Porterfield.
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