Horace Randal

Horace Randal was a Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War . Randal was mortally wounded while commanding a brigade at the Battle of Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas on April 30, 1864, dying two days later. Confederate President Jefferson Davis did not act upon a request made by General E. Kirby Smith on November 8, 1863 to promote Randal to brigadier general. After Randals performance at the Battle of Mansfield, General Smith, as the Confederate commander of the TransMississippi Department, assigned Randal to duty as a brigadier general on April 13, 1864. Randal was not officially promoted. Jefferson Davis subsequently revoked Smiths appointment of Randal as a brigadier general.

Horace Randal was born in McNairy County, Tennessee on January 4, 1833. His parents, Dr. Leonard Randal and Sarah Kyle Randal, moved the family to Texas in 1838. Dr. Leonard Randal was an army surgeon, who later was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas.

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