Arthur Pendleton Mason

Arthur Pendleton Mason
Nickname"Pen"
Born(1835-12-11)December 11, 1835
Fairfax County, Virginia
DiedApril 22, 1893(1893-04-22) (aged 57)
Morris Park, The Bronx, New York
Place of burial
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Branch Confederate States Army
Service years1861–1865 (Confederate States Army)
Rank Lieutenant colonel (CSA)
Commands 2nd Regiment Mississippi Cavalry
6th Regiment Arkansas Volunteers
Army of Tennessee
ConflictsAmerican Civil War
Other workmerchant, businessperson

Arthur "Pen" Pendleton Mason (11 December 1835–22 April 1893) was an American military officer, merchant, planter and lawyer who served as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate States Army serving during the American Civil War. Mason was a scion of the prominent Mason political family of Virginia.

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