David E. Twiggs
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title:
David E. Twiggs
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David Emanuel Twiggs was an American career army officer, who served during the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, and Mexican–American War. As commander of the U.S. Army's Department of Texas when the American Civil War broke out, he surrendered his entire command to Confederate commissioners, with facilities, armaments, and other supplies valued at $1.6 million. Dismissed from the U.S. Army as a traitor, he was commissioned as a general of the Confederate States Army in 1861. But, recognizing he
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Confederate Army general (1790–1862)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Twiggs
date created:
2005-04-19T23:49:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T22:14:27Z
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