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Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox (May 20, 1824 – December 2, 1890) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and also was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
Cadmus M. Wilcox. Date of Birth - Death May 20, 1824 - December 2, 1890. “Energetic, brave, and conscientious” were the words Confederate General Harry Heth used to describe the military career of his friend and fellow general Cadmus Wilcox.
Cadmus Wilcox died in Washington on December 2, 1890, at the age of 66. Eight former generals served as his pallbearers, four Federals and Four Confederates. He is buried in Washington’s Oak Hill Cemetery. Cadmus Wilcox was a West Point graduate, career army officer and Confederate General in the American Civil War.
A career U.S. and C.S. Army officer, Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox graduated near the bottom of his class from West Point in 1846. Like many future Civil War officers, Wilcox fought in the Mexican-American War, earning a brevet promotion to first lieutenant for gallantry at Chapultepec in 1847.
1 de ene. de 2001 · Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox started off his military career as a promising young West Point cadet and proved himself in battle with service as an officer in the Mexican War. But when the South seceded in 1861, Wilcox, along with 305 other West Point graduates, sided with the Confederacy.
23 de feb. de 2024 · Wilcox, Cadmus M. (Cadmus Marcellus), 1824-1890, Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography, Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. Publisher. Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled. Contributor.
Commissioned captain on 20 Dec. 1860, Wilcox was in New Mexico when the Civil War began. When Tennessee seceded, he reluctantly resigned his commission on 8 June 1861, accepting the colonelcy of the Ninth Alabama Infantry. He fought with the regiment at First Manassas.
