Elijah Gates

Elijah Gates
State Treasurer of Missouri
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Personal details
Born(1827-12-17) 17 Disemba 1827
Garrard County, Kentucky, U.S.
Died4 Maachị 1915(1915-03-04) (aged 87)
St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Spouse(s)Maria Stamper
Children12
ResidenceSt. Joseph, Missouri
OccupationSheriff, politician, U.S. Marshal
ProfessionArmy officer, farmer
Military service
AllegianceTempleeti:Country data Confederate States of America
Branch/serviceTempleeti:Country data CSA
Years of service1861–1865
Rank Colonel
Commands1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment
1st Missouri Brigade
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Battle of Pea Ridge
Siege of Corinth
Battle of Iuka
Second Battle of Corinth
Battle of Champion Hill
Battle of Big Black River
Siege of Vicksburg
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Allatoona
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Fort Blakeley

Elijah Gates (December 17, 1827 - March 4, 1915]) bu onye America n'eme ihe ndoro ndoro Ọchịchị na colonel na Confederate States Army N'oge ilu ogu nke America.

Mbido na ndụ onwe onye

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Gates gafere Platte County, Missouri N'oge 1846, ufodu oge o na ano n'oru ubi ya di na Buchanan. N'afo 1852 o luru nwaanyi aha bu Maria Stamper, o were umu iri na abuo. [1].[2]

Ọrụ agha

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Mgbe Agha Obodo malitere na 1861, Gates debanyere aha na ndị agha Confederate, malite dị ka onyeisi na Missouri State Guard n'okpuru iwu nke General Sterling Price, ma mesịa bụrụ onye Colonel nke 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment. Ọ duziri ndị agha ya na Agha nke Pea Ridge, Arkansas na Machị 1862, n'oge Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, na Agha of Iuka, Second Corinth, Champion Hill, Big Black River Bridge na Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Ọ chịkwara 1st Missouri Brigade ruo nwa oge. N'afọ 1864, Gates sonyere na Atlanta Campaign na Agha nke Allatoona, Georgia, ma tụfuo aka na Agha Franklin, Tennessee. N'oge ọ na-eje ozi, e merụrụ ya ahụ ugboro ise, Ndị agha Union jidere ya ugboro atọ, ma gbaa ịnyịnya anọ n'okpuru ya. N'April 9, 1865, n'otu ụbọchị ahụ Confederate General Robert E. Lee nyefere onwe ya n'aka Union General Ulysses S. Grant, Colonel Gates sonyere n'otu n'ime agha ikpeazụ nke Agha Obodo, Agha nke Fort Blakeley na Alabama.[2]

Ọrụ ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị

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Mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, Gates laghachiri n'ugbo ya. N'afọ 1874, a họpụtara ya dị ka Sheriff nke Buchanan County, na-eje ozi n'ọkwa ahụ ruo 1877. Site na 1877 ruo 1881, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka Onye na-ahụ maka akụ na ụba steeti nke Missouri. Mgbe ọ gachara dị ka onye na-ahụ maka akụ na ụba steeti, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye isi ala United States Marshal maka Western District of Missouri n'okpuru Onye isi ala Grover Cleveland, ma na-arụ ọrụ na mbufe na azụmaahịa bọs na St. Joseph, Missouri ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ mgbe ọ dị afọ 87. [2]

  1. Moving to Platte County, Missouri, in c. 1846: Kansas City Public Library website. Retrieved on February 19, 2008.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 [1]: Missouri State Treasurer website. Retrieved on March 2, 2014. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name "missouristatetreasurer" defined multiple times with different content