McLaws, Lafayette

(1821–97) soldier; born in Augusta, Ga. A West Point graduate (1842), he served in the Mexican War and in the West. He went over to the Confederate army in 1861 and as a regimental, brigade, and finally division commander, he fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. He was relieved of command and court-martialed for his failure to relieve Knoxville, Tenn. (November 1863) but was exonerated. After the war he served as postmaster of Savannah, Ga.

单词	mclaws, lafayette
释义	McLaws, Lafayette McLaws, Lafayette (1821–97) soldier; born in Augusta, Ga. A West Point graduate (1842), he served in the Mexican War and in the West. He went over to the Confederate army in 1861 and as a regimental, brigade, and finally division commander, he fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. He was relieved of command and court-martialed for his failure to relieve Knoxville, Tenn. (November 1863) but was exonerated. After the war he served as postmaster of Savannah, Ga.
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