David E. Twiggs
David Emanuel Twiggs was a United States soldier during the War of 1812 and MexicanAmerican War and a general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was the oldest Confederate general in the Civil War.
Twiggs was born on the Good Hope estate in Richmond County, Georgia, son of John Twiggs, for whom Twiggs County, Georgia was named and a general in the Georgia militia during the American Revolution, and a maternal nephew of David Emanuel, Governor of Georgia.
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