William Hugh Young
| William Hugh Young | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 1, 1838 Boonville, Missouri |
| Died | November 28, 1901 (aged 63) San Antonio, Texas |
| Buried at | Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas |
| Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
| Service/branch | Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General
|
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
William Hugh Young (January 1, 1838 – November 28, 1901) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War (Civil War). He was a university student and received a military education before the Civil War. He was a lawyer and real estate operator in San Antonio, Texas after the Civil War. Young spent nine months at the end of the war as a prisoner of war.
William H. Young was born January 1, 1838 at Boonville, Missouri. His family moved to Red River County, Texas in 1841 and later to Grayson County, Texas. His father was Hugh Franklin Young (1808–1888), who was born in Augusta County, Virginia. Hugh F. Young was a county judge in Grayson County, Texas before the war. Hugh Franklin Young has been referred to as a Confederate general in some sources, including the "Official Records of the American Civil War," but he was actually a brigadier general of the 15th Brigade of the Texas Militia in 1862, not a general in the Confederate States Army.
Young attended Washington College in Tennessee, McKenzie College in Texas and, between 1859 and 1861, at the University of Virginia, where he studied tactics in the military academy after his graduation in June 1861.
Young married Frances M. Kemper of Port Republic, Virginia. They had one son, Dr. Hugh Hampton Young, who was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1870.
On July 25, 1861, Young became aide-de-camp to Governor of Texas Edward Clark. Clark was lieutenant governor and became governor when Governor Sam Houston refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and was deposed. Clark served as governor between March 18, 1861 and November 7, 1861. In September 1861, Young became a captain in the 9th Texas Infantry Regiment.
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