A North Carolina General in the Civil War
by
Walter C. Hilderman
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
The son of a North Carolina governor, Theophilus Hunter Holmes graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1829 and served on the frontier during the Trail of Tears. He fought in the Second Seminole War and in the U.S.–Mexican War. In 1859, he became the U.S. Army’s chief recruiting officer...