LT, Co G, 30th AR Inf, and Aide De Camp in Chruchill's 13th AR Inf., pension #29677
Secretary, Pulaski Gas Light Company. State representative from Lafayette County, Arkansas. One-time owner of the Arkansas Gazette.
Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History, Vol. XIV' states:
Major Ambrose Hundley Sevier, of Texarkana, former adjutant-general on the staff of Maj.-Gen. T. J. Churchill, was born at Washington, D.C., in November, 1842, and in infancy was brought back to his father's home at Little Rock, where he was reared to the age of eleven years. Returning then to the District of Columbia, he was entered at Georgetown college, where he pursued his studies until, just before the time at which he would have graduated, he returned to Little Rock, in February, 1861, on account of the prospect of war, and in the spring of that year enlisted in Colonel Churchill's regiment, the First regiment Arkansas Mounted Rifles. He was at once appointed an aide on the staff of Colonel Churchill, and in this capacity took part in the battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861, where, in the gallant performance of duty during the fierce struggle on "Bloody Hill," he was dangerously wounded in the breast, and was carried from the field. On account of this injury he was disabled until March 1, 1862, when he returned to duty, and Colonel Churchill having by this time been promoted to brigadier-general, he was appointed inspector-general of his brigade. Accompanying this command across the Mississippi he was on duty with the army under Beauregard at Corinth, and under Kirby Smith in the Kentucky campaign, participating in the battles of Farmington, Miss., and Richmond and Perryville, Ky. Afterward he returned with General Churchill to Arkansas, and was upon his staff during the famous defense of Arkansas Post, where he was captured with the garrison January 11, 1863. As a prisoner of war he was held at Camp Chase, Ohio, three months, and at Fort Delaware until June, 1863, then being exchanged at City Point, Va. For a month after that he served with the troops in the trenches about Richmond, threatened by the enemy while Lee was in Pennsylvania, and after that danger was past he spent the fall and winter in Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee. Finally rejoining General Churchill in the Trans-Mississippi department, he was appointed adjutant-general of his division, in which capacity he went through the Red River campaign of 1864, taking part in the battles of Pleasant Hill, La., and Jenkins' Ferry, Ark. In General Churchill's report of this campaign, Major Sevier's name is mentioned with the others of the staff as having "behaved with distinguished gallantry, alike reckless of life and danger, and seeming rather to court death than avoid it." Subsequently the division was at Marshall, Tex., until June, 1865, when the troops were disbanded. After the battle of Jenkins' Ferry Mr. Sevier held the rank of lieutenant0colonel, by appointment of the general commanding the Trans-Mississippi department. Returning to Little Rock at the close of hostilities, he was variously engaged until 1868-74, when he was secretary of the city gas company. From 1877 to 1880 he was proprietor and editor of the Little Rock Gazette, after which he spent a year in New Mexico, and then began the practice of law in Lafayette county, Ark., which he represented in the State legislature by election in 1891. In 1894 he made his home at Texarkana, Ark., where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession with much success. In 1898 he was appointed to his present official position, United States referee in bankruptcy for the Texarkana division of the western district of Arkansas. In 1871 Mr. Sevier was married to Miss Imogene Wright, granddaughter of Hon. W. S. Fulton, who was United States senator from Arkansas from 1836 to 1841. Mr. Sevier is a son of Ambrose Hundley Sevier, a native of Tennessee (and nephew of Gen. John Sevier), who was a Territorial delegate in Congress from Arkansas four terms, and United States senator from 1836, when Arkansas was admitted into the Union, negotiated the treat of peace with Mexico, and died at Little Rock December 31, 1848. Mr. Sevier's mother was a daughter of Judge Ben Johnson, United States Federal judge of Arkansas, and a niece of Hon. Richard M. Johnson, vie-president of the United States with President Martin Van Buren. The ancestors of Mr. Sevier were French Huguenots and are descended from Henry of Navarre. In France the name is spelt Xavier, St. Francis Xavier, the distinguished Roman Catholic saint, being a member of this family. In America, the name Xavier was anglicized to Sevier.
Secretary, Pulaski Gas Light Company. State representative from Lafayette County, Arkansas. One-time owner of the Arkansas Gazette.
Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History, Vol. XIV' states:
Major Ambrose Hundley Sevier, of Texarkana, former adjutant-general on the staff of Maj.-Gen. T. J. Churchill, was born at Washington, D.C., in November, 1842, and in infancy was brought back to his father's home at Little Rock, where he was reared to the age of eleven years. Returning then to the District of Columbia, he was entered at Georgetown college, where he pursued his studies until, just before the time at which he would have graduated, he returned to Little Rock, in February, 1861, on account of the prospect of war, and in the spring of that year enlisted in Colonel Churchill's regiment, the First regiment Arkansas Mounted Rifles. He was at once appointed an aide on the staff of Colonel Churchill, and in this capacity took part in the battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861, where, in the gallant performance of duty during the fierce struggle on "Bloody Hill," he was dangerously wounded in the breast, and was carried from the field. On account of this injury he was disabled until March 1, 1862, when he returned to duty, and Colonel Churchill having by this time been promoted to brigadier-general, he was appointed inspector-general of his brigade. Accompanying this command across the Mississippi he was on duty with the army under Beauregard at Corinth, and under Kirby Smith in the Kentucky campaign, participating in the battles of Farmington, Miss., and Richmond and Perryville, Ky. Afterward he returned with General Churchill to Arkansas, and was upon his staff during the famous defense of Arkansas Post, where he was captured with the garrison January 11, 1863. As a prisoner of war he was held at Camp Chase, Ohio, three months, and at Fort Delaware until June, 1863, then being exchanged at City Point, Va. For a month after that he served with the troops in the trenches about Richmond, threatened by the enemy while Lee was in Pennsylvania, and after that danger was past he spent the fall and winter in Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee. Finally rejoining General Churchill in the Trans-Mississippi department, he was appointed adjutant-general of his division, in which capacity he went through the Red River campaign of 1864, taking part in the battles of Pleasant Hill, La., and Jenkins' Ferry, Ark. In General Churchill's report of this campaign, Major Sevier's name is mentioned with the others of the staff as having "behaved with distinguished gallantry, alike reckless of life and danger, and seeming rather to court death than avoid it." Subsequently the division was at Marshall, Tex., until June, 1865, when the troops were disbanded. After the battle of Jenkins' Ferry Mr. Sevier held the rank of lieutenant0colonel, by appointment of the general commanding the Trans-Mississippi department. Returning to Little Rock at the close of hostilities, he was variously engaged until 1868-74, when he was secretary of the city gas company. From 1877 to 1880 he was proprietor and editor of the Little Rock Gazette, after which he spent a year in New Mexico, and then began the practice of law in Lafayette county, Ark., which he represented in the State legislature by election in 1891. In 1894 he made his home at Texarkana, Ark., where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession with much success. In 1898 he was appointed to his present official position, United States referee in bankruptcy for the Texarkana division of the western district of Arkansas. In 1871 Mr. Sevier was married to Miss Imogene Wright, granddaughter of Hon. W. S. Fulton, who was United States senator from Arkansas from 1836 to 1841. Mr. Sevier is a son of Ambrose Hundley Sevier, a native of Tennessee (and nephew of Gen. John Sevier), who was a Territorial delegate in Congress from Arkansas four terms, and United States senator from 1836, when Arkansas was admitted into the Union, negotiated the treat of peace with Mexico, and died at Little Rock December 31, 1848. Mr. Sevier's mother was a daughter of Judge Ben Johnson, United States Federal judge of Arkansas, and a niece of Hon. Richard M. Johnson, vie-president of the United States with President Martin Van Buren. The ancestors of Mr. Sevier were French Huguenots and are descended from Henry of Navarre. In France the name is spelt Xavier, St. Francis Xavier, the distinguished Roman Catholic saint, being a member of this family. In America, the name Xavier was anglicized to Sevier.
LT, Co G, 30th AR Inf, and Aide De Camp in Chruchill's 13th AR Inf., pension #29677
Secretary, Pulaski Gas Light Company. State representative from Lafayette County, Arkansas. One-time owner of the Arkansas Gazette.
Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History, Vol. XIV' states:
Major Ambrose Hundley Sevier, of Texarkana, former adjutant-general on the staff of Maj.-Gen. T. J. Churchill, was born at Washington, D.C., in November, 1842, and in infancy was brought back to his father's home at Little Rock, where he was reared to the age of eleven years. Returning then to the District of Columbia, he was entered at Georgetown college, where he pursued his studies until, just before the time at which he would have graduated, he returned to Little Rock, in February, 1861, on account of the prospect of war, and in the spring of that year enlisted in Colonel Churchill's regiment, the First regiment Arkansas Mounted Rifles. He was at once appointed an aide on the staff of Colonel Churchill, and in this capacity took part in the battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861, where, in the gallant performance of duty during the fierce struggle on "Bloody Hill," he was dangerously wounded in the breast, and was carried from the field. On account of this injury he was disabled until March 1, 1862, when he returned to duty, and Colonel Churchill having by this time been promoted to brigadier-general, he was appointed inspector-general of his brigade. Accompanying this command across the Mississippi he was on duty with the army under Beauregard at Corinth, and under Kirby Smith in the Kentucky campaign, participating in the battles of Farmington, Miss., and Richmond and Perryville, Ky. Afterward he returned with General Churchill to Arkansas, and was upon his staff during the famous defense of Arkansas Post, where he was captured with the garrison January 11, 1863. As a prisoner of war he was held at Camp Chase, Ohio, three months, and at Fort Delaware until June, 1863, then being exchanged at City Point, Va. For a month after that he served with the troops in the trenches about Richmond, threatened by the enemy while Lee was in Pennsylvania, and after that danger was past he spent the fall and winter in Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee. Finally rejoining General Churchill in the Trans-Mississippi department, he was appointed adjutant-general of his division, in which capacity he went through the Red River campaign of 1864, taking part in the battles of Pleasant Hill, La., and Jenkins' Ferry, Ark. In General Churchill's report of this campaign, Major Sevier's name is mentioned with the others of the staff as having "behaved with distinguished gallantry, alike reckless of life and danger, and seeming rather to court death than avoid it." Subsequently the division was at Marshall, Tex., until June, 1865, when the troops were disbanded. After the battle of Jenkins' Ferry Mr. Sevier held the rank of lieutenant0colonel, by appointment of the general commanding the Trans-Mississippi department. Returning to Little Rock at the close of hostilities, he was variously engaged until 1868-74, when he was secretary of the city gas company. From 1877 to 1880 he was proprietor and editor of the Little Rock Gazette, after which he spent a year in New Mexico, and then began the practice of law in Lafayette county, Ark., which he represented in the State legislature by election in 1891. In 1894 he made his home at Texarkana, Ark., where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession with much success. In 1898 he was appointed to his present official position, United States referee in bankruptcy for the Texarkana division of the western district of Arkansas. In 1871 Mr. Sevier was married to Miss Imogene Wright, granddaughter of Hon. W. S. Fulton, who was United States senator from Arkansas from 1836 to 1841. Mr. Sevier is a son of Ambrose Hundley Sevier, a native of Tennessee (and nephew of Gen. John Sevier), who was a Territorial delegate in Congress from Arkansas four terms, and United States senator from 1836, when Arkansas was admitted into the Union, negotiated the treat of peace with Mexico, and died at Little Rock December 31, 1848. Mr. Sevier's mother was a daughter of Judge Ben Johnson, United States Federal judge of Arkansas, and a niece of Hon. Richard M. Johnson, vie-president of the United States with President Martin Van Buren. The ancestors of Mr. Sevier were French Huguenots and are descended from Henry of Navarre. In France the name is spelt Xavier, St. Francis Xavier, the distinguished Roman Catholic saint, being a member of this family. In America, the name Xavier was anglicized to Sevier.
Secretary, Pulaski Gas Light Company. State representative from Lafayette County, Arkansas. One-time owner of the Arkansas Gazette.
Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History, Vol. XIV' states:
Major Ambrose Hundley Sevier, of Texarkana, former adjutant-general on the staff of Maj.-Gen. T. J. Churchill, was born at Washington, D.C., in November, 1842, and in infancy was brought back to his father's home at Little Rock, where he was reared to the age of eleven years. Returning then to the District of Columbia, he was entered at Georgetown college, where he pursued his studies until, just before the time at which he would have graduated, he returned to Little Rock, in February, 1861, on account of the prospect of war, and in the spring of that year enlisted in Colonel Churchill's regiment, the First regiment Arkansas Mounted Rifles. He was at once appointed an aide on the staff of Colonel Churchill, and in this capacity took part in the battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861, where, in the gallant performance of duty during the fierce struggle on "Bloody Hill," he was dangerously wounded in the breast, and was carried from the field. On account of this injury he was disabled until March 1, 1862, when he returned to duty, and Colonel Churchill having by this time been promoted to brigadier-general, he was appointed inspector-general of his brigade. Accompanying this command across the Mississippi he was on duty with the army under Beauregard at Corinth, and under Kirby Smith in the Kentucky campaign, participating in the battles of Farmington, Miss., and Richmond and Perryville, Ky. Afterward he returned with General Churchill to Arkansas, and was upon his staff during the famous defense of Arkansas Post, where he was captured with the garrison January 11, 1863. As a prisoner of war he was held at Camp Chase, Ohio, three months, and at Fort Delaware until June, 1863, then being exchanged at City Point, Va. For a month after that he served with the troops in the trenches about Richmond, threatened by the enemy while Lee was in Pennsylvania, and after that danger was past he spent the fall and winter in Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee. Finally rejoining General Churchill in the Trans-Mississippi department, he was appointed adjutant-general of his division, in which capacity he went through the Red River campaign of 1864, taking part in the battles of Pleasant Hill, La., and Jenkins' Ferry, Ark. In General Churchill's report of this campaign, Major Sevier's name is mentioned with the others of the staff as having "behaved with distinguished gallantry, alike reckless of life and danger, and seeming rather to court death than avoid it." Subsequently the division was at Marshall, Tex., until June, 1865, when the troops were disbanded. After the battle of Jenkins' Ferry Mr. Sevier held the rank of lieutenant0colonel, by appointment of the general commanding the Trans-Mississippi department. Returning to Little Rock at the close of hostilities, he was variously engaged until 1868-74, when he was secretary of the city gas company. From 1877 to 1880 he was proprietor and editor of the Little Rock Gazette, after which he spent a year in New Mexico, and then began the practice of law in Lafayette county, Ark., which he represented in the State legislature by election in 1891. In 1894 he made his home at Texarkana, Ark., where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession with much success. In 1898 he was appointed to his present official position, United States referee in bankruptcy for the Texarkana division of the western district of Arkansas. In 1871 Mr. Sevier was married to Miss Imogene Wright, granddaughter of Hon. W. S. Fulton, who was United States senator from Arkansas from 1836 to 1841. Mr. Sevier is a son of Ambrose Hundley Sevier, a native of Tennessee (and nephew of Gen. John Sevier), who was a Territorial delegate in Congress from Arkansas four terms, and United States senator from 1836, when Arkansas was admitted into the Union, negotiated the treat of peace with Mexico, and died at Little Rock December 31, 1848. Mr. Sevier's mother was a daughter of Judge Ben Johnson, United States Federal judge of Arkansas, and a niece of Hon. Richard M. Johnson, vie-president of the United States with President Martin Van Buren. The ancestors of Mr. Sevier were French Huguenots and are descended from Henry of Navarre. In France the name is spelt Xavier, St. Francis Xavier, the distinguished Roman Catholic saint, being a member of this family. In America, the name Xavier was anglicized to Sevier.
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