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John Buchanan Floyd (June 1, 1806 – August 26, 1863) was the 31st Governor of Virginia, U.S. Secretary of War, and the Confederate general in the American Civil War who lost the crucial Battle of Fort Donelson.
John Buchanan Floyd (1 de junio de 1806-26 de agosto de 1863) fue el 31. er Gobernador de Virginia, Secretario de Guerra de los Estados Unidos y General del Ejército de los Estados Confederados en la Guerra de Secesión, conocido por perder la decisiva batalla de Fort Donelson.
John Buchanan Floyd, Governor of Virginia, Secretary of War and Confederate General, was born June 1, 1806, near Blacksburg, Virginia. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1829 and moved to Helena, Arkansas, where he practiced law and lost a considerable amount of money in an ill-fated cotton planting venture.
12 de ene. de 2024 · A political appointee with little military experience prior to the American Civil War, Brigadier General John B. Floyd is most remembered for abandoning Fort Donelson in 1861 to avoid being captured by Federal soldiers.
- Harry Searles
John Buchanan Floyd (1 de junio de 1806-26 de agosto de 1863) fue el 31. er Gobernador de Virginia, Secretario de Guerra de los Estados Unidos y General del Ejército de los Estados Confederados en la Guerra de Secesión, conocido por perder la decisiva batalla de Fort Donelson.
22 de dic. de 2021 · John B. Floyd was governor of Virginia (1849–1852), secretary of war in the administration of United States president James Buchanan (1857–1860), and a Confederate general during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
John Buchanan Floyd (born June 1, 1806, Montgomery county, Va., U.S.—died Aug. 26, 1863, Abingdon, Va.) was an American politician who served as governor of Virginia, secretary of war, and Confederate general.
