E. F. Paxton
"Frank"
(1828 - 1863)
Home State: Virginia
Command Billet: Jackson's Staff AAG
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: Jackson's Command
Before Sharpsburg
He graduated from Washington College in 1846, Yale in 1847, and the University of Virginia Law School in 1849. He was a lawyer, farmer, and bank president at Lexington, VA.
He enrolled in Company H, 2nd Virginia Infantry at Lexington on 18 April 1861 as First Lieutenant. He was cited for bravery at 1st Manassas for carrying the colors of a Georgia regiment, whose bearer had been shot: "[he] advanced before the regiment, waving his hat, [and] was the first to plant our banner upon their battery." He was detailed as aide-de-camp (ADC) to General Jackson in August 1861 and was promoted to Major on 14 October 1861. He was not reelected Major in his regiment in the Army reorganization of April 1862, but was subsequently appointed Major and Quartermaster on General Jackson's staff in August 1862.
On the Campaign
He was General Jackson's Assistant Adjutant General (AAG) in Maryland.
The rest of the War
He was promoted to Brigadier General and command of Winder's Brigade on 6 November 1862, and was killed in action at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863.
References & notes
His service and bio basics from his Memoir and Memorial online from UNC, source also of his photograph. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
Birth
03/04/1828; Rockbridge County, VA
Death
05/03/1863; Chancellorsville, VA; burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, VA