Lafayette McLaws (/ləˈfeɪ.ɛt/lə-FAY-et;[1] January 15, 1821 – July 24, 1897) was a United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served at Antietam and Fredericksburg, where Robert E. Lee praised his defense of Marye's Heights, and at Gettysburg, where his division made successful assaults through the Peach Orchard and Wheatfield, but was unable to dislodge Union forces from Cemetery Ridge. After the Knoxville Campaign, he was court-martialed for inefficiency, though this was overturned for procedural reasons. Finally, he was sent to his native Georgia to resist Sherman's March to the Sea but retreated through the Carolinas, losing many men through desertion, and was presumed to have surrendered with Joseph E. Johnston in April 1865.
McLaws remained bitter about his court-martial, especially since the charges had been filed by James Longstreet, his friend and classmate at West Point, with whom he had served for years. Although he defended Longstreet against Lost Cause proponents who blamed him for losing the war, McLaws never fully forgave Longstreet for his actions.
LafayetteMcLaws (/ləˈfeɪ.ɛt/ lə-FAY-et; January 15, 1821 – July 24, 1897) was a United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil...
McLaws is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: LafayetteMcLaws (1821–1897), United States Army officer and Confederate general Mary-Louise...
(formerly William Whiting's division), David Rumph Jones, and LafayetteMcLaws. D.H. Hill's and McLaws's divisions were left behind in the Richmond area and did...
approved February 23, 1876 and owned by Joseph E. Johnston, General LafayetteMcLaws and Joseph Shepard of Georgia, and others. The purpose was constructing...
Rivers' Bridge, defeating a Confederate force led by Major General LafayetteMcLaws. The University of South Carolina named its two-year regional campus...
to Confederate law not allowing the creation of corps. Longstreet's wing contained five divisions, led by major generals LafayetteMcLaws and Richard H...
McLaws Circle (also known as Mclaws Circle) is a Busch Business Park located adjacent to the Kingsmill development of Anheuser-Busch in James City County...
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, with divisions commanded by Maj. Gens. LafayetteMcLaws, George Pickett, and John Bell Hood. Second Corps, commanded by Lt...
Gen. LafayetteMcLaws and Brig. Gen. John G. Walker. The other references list him strictly as a division commander. Sears, Landscape, p. 69. McPherson...
campaign by blaming others. He relieved LafayetteMcLaws from command and requested the court-martial of Robertson and Law. He also submitted a letter of resignation...
Lee detached the division of LafayetteMcLaws from the Chancellorsville lines and marched them to Salem Church. McLaws's division arrived at Wilcox's...
the pontoon bridge to the north bank on November 14. Major General LafayetteMcLaws' division crossed the next day. By the evening of November 15, Burnside's...
commanded by Lieutenant General William J. Hardee, with the divisions of LafayetteMcLaws and William B. Taliaferro. Hardee formerly had Ambrose R. Wright's...
of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet included the divisions of Maj. Gens. LafayetteMcLaws, Richard H. Anderson, George E. Pickett, and John Bell Hood, and Brig...
Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood (divisions of Maj. Gens. LafayetteMcLaws and Hood). A cavalry corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler,...
Fredericksburg was occupied by Longstreet's First Corps division of LafayetteMcLaws on Marye's Heights, with Jackson's entire Second Corps to their right...
The regiment was assigned to the Semmes-Bryan-Simms brigade. Colonel LafayetteMcLaws (June 17, 1861, to September 25, 1861; Promoted to Brigadier General)...
year. He relieved LafayetteMcLaws from command and requested the court martial of Brig. Gens. Jerome B. Robertson and Evander M. Law. He also submitted...
fought in the Carolinas campaign. The Confederate division of Maj. Gen. LafayetteMcLaws attempted to prevent the crossing of the Salkehatchie River by the...
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