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Alexander Peter Stewart was born here on Oct. 2, 1821; graduated from USMA in 1842; resigned in 1845; and was a professor at Cumberland U. and the U. of Nashville until 1861. Appointed a major in the CSA, he quickly advanced to brigadier general, rose successively to corps command in the Army of Tenn., and was twice wounded. He was chancellor of the U. of Mississippi from 1874 to 1886 and a commissioner for the creation of Chickamauga Military Park. He died in Biloxi, Miss., on Aug. 30, 1908, and is buried in St. Louis.
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Rogersville, Tennessee · United States
