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James Jay Archer (19 December 1817 – 24 October 1864) was a Brigadier-General of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. James Jay Archer was born in Stafford, Maryland in 1817 to a wealthy military family, and he passed the bar exam from the University of Maryland. In 1847, he was commissioned as a captain in the US Army during the Mexican-American War, serving in the ...
James Jay Archer. After Princeton, he attended Bacon College (Georgetown, KY), and studied law at the University of Maryland . He then practiced law. He volunteered for service, and was a Captain, in Mexico, 1847 - 48. He was cited for bravery (by brevet to Major) for action at Chapultepec. He was then discharged, but was again commissioned in ...
James J. Archer was held prisoner at Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie, Ohio, in the winter of 1863-64, when the temperature plunged to well below zero. But Archer evidently found ways to keep warm. The diary of a North Carolina captain, Robert Bingham, another Confederate prisoner, notes: "We had a jolly party in our room tonight.
Brig. Gen. James J. Archer Born December 19, 1817 at Bel Air MD Captured July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg and held at Johnson's Island 1 year Exchanged in late summer of 1864 in ill health Died October 24, 1864 at Richmond VA Buried Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond: Gen. James J. Archer
James Jay Archer (December 19, 1817 – October 24, 1864) was a lawyer and an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War. He later served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army (CSA) during the American Civil War. Taken as a prisoner of war on the first morning of the Battle of Gettysburg, Archer was the first general officer captured from Gen. Robert E ...
There are two monuments to Archer’s Brigade at Gettysburg. One is west of Gettysburg on Meredith Avenue ( Stone & Meredith Avenues tour map) and the second is southwest of town on West Confederate Avenue ( West Confederate Avenue – Pt. 2 tour map ). The brigade was commanded by Brigadier General James Jay Archer.
31 de ago. de 2023 · J C Archer Obituary. Mr. J C Archer , entered into eternal rest on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at Washington County Extended Care Facility, Sandersville, Georgia. Funeral services were held on Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 11 a.m. at Neeler A.M.E. Church , Davisboro, GA. Burial followed in Resthaven Cemetery .
