T. Drayton
(1808 - 1891)
Home State: South Carolina
Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1828
Command Billet: Brigade Commander
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: Drayton's Brigade
Before Sharpsburg
He graduated from the USMA in 1828, and resigned in 1836, becoming a planter, railroad director, and politician. In September 1861 he was appointed Brigadier General and saw action at Port Royal. He commanded Drayton's Brigade/D. R. Jones' Division at Second Manassas and South Mountain.
On the Campaign
He led Drayton's Brigade in Jones' Division.
The rest of the War
After a reportedly poor performance at Sharpsburg he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi.
After the War
He was a farmer and insurance agent.
References & notes
Birth
08/24/1808; Charleston, SC
Death
02/18/1891; Florence, SC; burial in Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, NC
1 Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Gray, Lives of the Confederate Commanders, Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1959, pp. 75, 76 [AotW citation 31914]