Robert Plunket Maclay
| Robert Plunket Maclay | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 19, 1830 Armagh, Pennsylvania |
| Died | May 20, 1903 (aged 83) Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana |
| Buried | Fordoche, Louisiana |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Confederate States of America |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Louisiana Militia Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1840–1860 1861–1862 1862–1865 |
| Rank |
 Captain (USA) Major (Louisiana Militia) Major (CSA)Assigned to duty as:  Brigadier General
|
| Unit |
8th US Infantry Pointe Coupee Militia Regiment |
| Commands held | 1st Brigade / Walker's Texas Division 2nd Brigade / Walker's Texas Division |
| Battles/wars |
Seminole Wars Mexican-American War American Civil War |
| Other work | planter |
Robert Plunket Maclay (February 19, 1820 – May 20, 1903) was a Confederate States Army major during the American Civil War (Civil War). On May 13, 1864, he was assigned to duty as a brigadier general to rank from April 30, 1864 by General E. Kirby Smith. He was never officially appointed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis and confirmed by the Confederate Senate to that grade.
Robert Plunket Maclay was born in Armagh, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1820. His parents were Samuel Plunket Maclay and Elizabeth (Johnston) Maclay. His grandfather and granduncle were United States Senators. An uncle was a United States Congressman.
Maclay attended Lewiston Academy after which he became a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1836. He graduated in the class of 1840, ranking 32nd of 42 class members. He was assigned as a second lieutenant to the 8th United States Infantry Regiment. He fought in the Second Seminole War in the early 1840s.
As an officer with Major General Zachary Taylor's forces, Maclay was wounded at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, Texas on May 9, 1846, at the start of the Mexican-American War. To help him recuperate, Maclay was sent home on recruiting duty. He returned to the army in time to participate in garrison duty defending Puebla, Puebla which the U.S. Army occupied in 1847 and left at the end of the war in 1848.
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