Micah Jenkins, photo taken between April 1861 and July 1862
Born
(1835-12-01)December 1, 1835 Edisto Island, South Carolina
Died
May 6, 1864(1864-05-06) (aged 28) The Wilderness, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Place of burial
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina
Allegiance
Confederate States of America
Service/branch
Confederate States Army
Years of service
1861–1864
Rank
Brigadier General (CSA)
Battles/wars
American Civil War
First Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Seven Pines
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chickamauga
Knoxville Campaign
Battle of the Wilderness †
Micah Jenkins (December 1, 1835 – May 6, 1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded by friendly fire at the Battle of the Wilderness.
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regiments near Richmond in early 1862. The regiment would be commanded by MicahJenkins, and assigned to Richard Anderson's Brigade, Longstreet's Division,...
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Garnett, James L. Kemper, Lewis Armistead, Montgomery Dent Corse and MicahJenkins. The division was only lightly engaged at the Battle of Fredericksburg...
Longstreet determined to crush Geary's force. He ordered Brig. Gen. MicahJenkins's division to mount a night attack on the Union forces. While Law took...
consisting of the divisions under Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws and Brig. Gen. MicahJenkins (replacing John Bell Hood, wounded at Chickamauga). Longstreet's Corps...
Baldwin, James J. III. The Struck Eagle: A Biography of Brigadier General MicahJenkins, and a History of the Fifth South Carolina Volunteers and the Palmetto...
and Longstreet was severely wounded in his neck. Brigadier General MicahJenkins, aide-de-camp Captain Alfred E. Doby and orderly Marcus Baum were killed...
southern army at the Battle of Seven Pines and takes part in Colonel MicahJenkins breaking the first line of the northern position, although Adam has...
The Citadel. Jenkins Hall 1964 Home of the ROTC Departments, Commandant's Department and armory. Named for Brigadier General MicahJenkins, '54. LeTellier...
artillery fire proved to be inadequate to the task. He ordered Colonel MicahJenkins to charge the batteries, soon followed by his other brigades mobilizing...
Hood's old division was under the temporary command of Brigadier General MicahJenkins. The brigadier general who had been in the division the longest was...
Longstreet, with the divisions of Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws and Brig. Gen. MicahJenkins (Hood's Division), against Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside near Knoxville...
long-range artillery fire proved to be inadequate. He ordered Col. MicahJenkins to charge the batteries, which brought on a general fight around 4 p...
as well as others, and was under the command of Brigadier General MicahJenkins, a South Carolinian. At the same time Union cavalry under the command...
Hill organized a flanking maneuver, sending four regiments under Col. MicahJenkins from Longstreet's command to attack Keyes's right flank. The attack...
Gen. James L. Kemper (brigades of Col. Montgomery D. Corse, Brig Gen. MicahJenkins, Col. Eppa Hunton Reporting Directly (Brig Gen. Nathan G. Evans) Reserve...
until October of that year. In the same incident, Brigadier General MicahJenkins was mortally wounded after being struck in the head. In the early hours...