Gabriel C. Wharton

Gabriel Colvin Wharton
Nickname(s)Gabe
Born(1824-07-23)July 23, 1824
Culpeper County, Virginia
DiedMay 12, 1906(1906-05-12) (aged 81)
Radford, Virginia
Place of burial
Radford Family Cemetery Radford, Virginia
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Branch Confederate States Army
Years of service1861–65
RankBrigadier General
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War

Gabriel Colvin Wharton (July 23, 1824 – May 12, 1906) was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war he was a politician and later resumed his engineering work.

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