Richard Taylor (general)
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Lieutenant General Richard Taylor |
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Taylor
photo taken between 1860 and 1870 |
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| Born |
January 27, 1826 Jefferson County, Kentucky |
| Died | April 12, 1879 (aged 53) New York City, New York |
| Buried at | Metairie Cemetery New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Allegiance |
 Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant General (CSA)
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| Commands held |
9th Louisiana Infantry "Louisiana Tigers" |
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| Other work | Louisiana State Senate (1855-1861) |
Richard Scott "Dick" Taylor (January 27, 1826 – April 12, 1879) was an American planter, politician, military historian, and Confederate general. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, Taylor joined the Confederate States Army, serving first as a brigade commander in Virginia, and later as an army commander in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. Taylor commanded the District of West Louisiana and was responsible for successfully opposing United States troops invading Louisiana during the Red River Campaign of 1864. He was the only son of Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States.
Richard Scott Taylor was born at Springfield, the family's plantation near Louisville, Kentucky to Zachary Taylor, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army at the time, and Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor. He was named after his paternal grandfather, Richard Lee Taylor, a Virginian who had served in the American Revolutionary War. Richard Taylor, nicknamed Dick, had three older sisters, whose given names were Ann Mackall, Sarah Knox, and Mary Elizabeth; two other siblings died in childhood before Richard was born. Much of his early life was spent on the American frontier, as his father was a career military officer and commanded frontier forts, and the family followed him. As a youth, Richard was sent to private schools in Kentucky and Massachusetts.
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