Gabriel C. Wharton

Gabriel Colvin Wharton
NicknameGabe
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
Service years1861–65
RankBrigadier General
ConflictsAmerican 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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