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James Seddon
4th Confederate States Secretary of War
In office
November 21, 1862 – February 5, 1865
PresidentJefferson Davis
Preceded byGeorge Randolph
Succeeded byJohn Breckinridge
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Preceded byJohn Botts
Succeeded byJohn Caskie
In office
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
Preceded byJohn Jones
Succeeded byJohn Botts
Personal details
Born
James Alexander Seddon

(1815-07-13)July 13, 1815
Falmouth, Virginia
DiedAugust 19, 1880(1880-08-19) (aged 65)
Goochland County, Virginia
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSarah Bruce
Alma materUniversity of Virginia

James Alexander Seddon (July 13, 1815 – August 19, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Representative in the United States Congress, as a member of the Democratic Party. Seddon was appointed Confederate States Secretary of War by Jefferson Davis during the American Civil War.

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capture them." On March 29, 1864, Confederate Captain Wirt Thomson wrote James Seddon, Confederate Secretary of War, claiming the Knight Company had captured...

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refused to give him the autonomy to do his job; Davis replaced him with James Seddon. In the winter of 1862, Davis decided to join the Episcopal Church; in...

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United States congressional delegations from Virginia

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eventually became a spy for CSA Secretary of War James Seddon. In April 1863, Harrison met Lieutenant General James Longstreet of the Confederate Army of Northern...

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Arthur Lyon Fremantle

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earliest opportunity, Fremantle visited the Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon on 18 June, where he was furnished with letters of introduction to Generals...

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White House of the Confederacy

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including U.S. Congressman and future Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon. Just prior to the American Civil War, Lewis Dabney Crenshaw purchased...

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Battle of Fort Pillow

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treated by us." This demand was refused; Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon in June 1864 wrote: I doubt, however, whether the exchange of negroes...

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Cabinet of the Confederate States of America

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Battle of Fort Stevens

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Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright to Washington on July 9. As Lee wrote to James Seddon, the Confederate Secretary of War, on July 19: It was believed that the...

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denounced the papers as "fiendish" and Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon proposed that the Union prisoners be hanged. Robert E. Lee agreed that...

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