Alexander Boarman
Alexander Aleck Boarman was a United States federal judge appointed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and United States Representative. He fought in the American Civil War for the Confederate States of America from 18611865 during the war he was promoted to the rank of captain. After the war, Boarman entered politics and was elected in 1866 as the mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana. As a member of the shortlived Liberal Republican Party, he served in Congress for one year. In 1881, Boarman was named to the U.S. district court by Republican U.S. President James A. Garfield he held that position for the remaining thirtyfive years of his life.
Boarman was born in 1839 in Yazoo City, Mississippi. He moved with his father, in 1845, to Louisiana. He graduated in 1860 from the University of Kentucky at Lexington, Kentucky. When the American Civil War began, Boarman joined the Confederacy. His regiment became part of the Army of Northern Virginia. After one year of fighting, Boarman was promoted to the rank of captain in the Confederate States Army, which he held until 1865. He served as the acting assistant AdjutantGeneral in the Battle of Winchester. His commanding office wrote of the engagement
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