William F. Brantley
William Felix Brantley | |
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William Felix Brantley | |
| Born | March 12, 1830 |
| Died | November 2, 1870 (aged 40) near Winona, Mississippi |
| Place of burial | Old Greensboro Cemetery, Webster County, Mississippi |
| Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
| Branch | Confederate States Army |
| Service years | 1861–65 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Conflicts | American Civil War |
William Felix Brantley (March 12, 1830 – November 2, 1870) was an American lawyer and American Civil War and Confederate States of America combatant. He served as a officer and brigadier general in the military Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865), mainly in the Western Theater of the conflict.
He was ambushed and murdered in central Mississippi in November 1870, reportedly as part of a family feud. His older brother, Dr. John Ransom Brantley, was killed a decade earlier in 1859 further west in Gonzales, Texas, and the family's’ reprisal for the killing led to other murders. Their younger brother Arnold Brantley was also killed in the former first county seat of Webster County, Mississippi and now non-existent town there of Greensboro three months earlier in August 1870; his unknown attackers escaped.