Arthur Middleton Manigault

Arthur Middleton Manigault
Arthur Middleton Manigault
Born	October 26, 1824 Charleston, South Carolina
Died	August 17, 1886 (aged 61) Georgetown County, South Carolina
Place of burial	Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina
Allegiance	United States of America Confederate States of America
Service/branch	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1861–64 (C.S.A)
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles/wars	Mexican-American War American Civil War Battle of Fort Sumter Battle of Shiloh Battle of Stone's River Battle of Chickamauga The Atlanta Campaign Battle of Resaca Second Battle of Franklin
Other work	Adjutant and Inspector General of South Carolina, 1880–86

Arthur Middleton Manigault (October 26, 1824 – August 17, 1886) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.^[1]

Early life and career

Manigault was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1824. His parents were Joseph and Charlotte Manigault. His grandfather, Peter Manigault, was the richest person in British North America in 1770. Joseph Manigault's great-great-grandfather was Pierre Manigault (1664–1729), a French Huguenot who was born in La Rochelle, France and settled in Charleston. His mother was both the daughter of Charles Drayton,^[2] a South Carolina Lt. Governor, and the granddaughter of Henry Middleton, the second President of the First Continental Congress. Her uncle, Arthur Middleton, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Manigault attended the College of Charleston, although he abandoned his studies to pursue an interest in business. During the Mexican-American War, he served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant with the Palmetto Regiment. From 1847 to 1856, he was a businessman in Charleston. On April 15, 1850 he married Mary Proctor Huger, the granddaughter of Daniel Elliott Huger.^[3] They had five children together. In 1856, he inherited a rice plantation in Georgetown County, South Carolina and moved there.

Civil War

A few days before the outbreak of the Civil War, Manigault participated in the Battle of Fort Sumter. He was colonel of the 10th South Carolina Infantry Regiment, and helped construct the batteries for the defense of Winyah Bay in Georgetown County. In March 1862, he was ordered to dismantle the coastal batteries and to ship the guns to Charleston. In April 1862, he was commanded to take his troops and report to General P. G. T. Beauregard with the Army of Mississippi.^[4]

In northern Mississippi, Manigault saw action during the Siege of Corinth. Afterwards he served with the reorganized Army of Tennessee and saw action at the Battles of Stone's River and Chickamauga. He was present during the Battle of Missionary Ridge.^[5] During the late spring and summer of 1864, he participated in the Atlanta Campaign.

On April 26, 1863, he was promoted to brigadier general. During the war, he was wounded twice: first in Georgia at the Battle of Resaca in May 1864, and then at the Second Battle of Franklin during November 1864. His second injury prevented his return to active service.

Postbellum activities

After the war, Manigault returned to manage his rice plantation in South Carolina. From 1880 to 1886, he served as the Adjutant and Inspector General of South Carolina. He died in Georgetown County, South Carolina in 1886 and is buried in the Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston.^[6]

See also

• List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)
• Stones River Confederate order of battle
• Chickamauga Confederate order of battle
• Franklin II Confederate order of battle
• List of Huguenots

Notes

1. Wakelyn, Biographical Dictionary, pp. 308-309.
2. A brother of Congressman William Henry Drayton and cousin to Jurist William Drayton
3. {Daniel Huger wife was a daughter of Arthur Middleton}
4. Official Records, Series 1, Vol. 1, p. 34; Vol. 6, pp. 268-69, 285, 417-418, 433-34.
5. Eicher, The Longest Night, p. 610.
6. Owens and Owens, Generals at Rest, p. 199.

References

• Eicher, David J. The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 978-0-684-84944-7.
• Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
• Owen, Richard, and James Owen. Generals at Rest: The Grave Sites of the 425 Official Confederate Generals. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Co., 1997. ISBN 1-57249-045-4.
• Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 978-0-8160-1055-4.
• United States War Department. The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. OCLC 427057. ISBN 978-0-918678-07-2.
• Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9.
• Online biography of Hill
• Wakelyn Jon L. Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977. ISBN 0-8371-6124-X.

External links

• "Arthur Middleton Manigault". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-03-01.