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C. S. Venable
(1827 - 1900)
Home State: Virginia
Education: Hampden-Sydney College, Class of 1843
Command Billet: Staff
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
Son of one of the founders of Hampden-Sydney College, he attended that school (beginning at age 12), then tutored there til 1845. Over the next 15 years he taught at the University of Virginia, at Hampden-Sydney, and at the University of South Carolina, and he travelled in Europe working with the leading German astronomers of the time.
In 1861 he enlisted in the Hampton Legion, and was appointed to General Lee's staff as aide-de-camp (ADC) in 1862.
On the Campaign
He was with General Lee as ADC in Maryland.
The rest of the War
He served on General Lee's staff - rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel - to the end at Appomattox Court House where he was paroled with General Lee and the rest of his staff on 9 April 1865.
After the War
He taught mathematics at the University of Virginia for more than 30 years. He retired in 1896, and was made Professor Emeritus.
References & notes
His gravesite is on Findagrave.
More on the Web
His papers are at the University of Texas in Austin [finding aid]. See more about him and his time at UVA in a bio sketch from the University.
Birth
04/19/1827; Prince Edward County, VA
Death
08/11/1900; Charlottesville, VA; burial in University of Virginia Cemetery and Columbarium, Charlottesville, VA