Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Myers, Abraham Charles |
Born |
5/14/1811 |
Birthplace |
Georgetown, South Carolina |
Notes |
He was a native of Richmond, Va., and when C. W. began he/ enlisted Conf. Army on Staff of Gen. L. O. B. Branch, being afterwards appointed asst. qtrmaster and paymaster general with rank of Capt., by Govenor John W. Ellis, of North Carolina. Following this he was commissioned a Major in the Conf. Army by War Sect. James B. Seddon, of the Confederacy He served with bravery throughout the war in Longstreet's Corps. Abraham Charles Myers (Georgetown, South Carolina, 14 May 1811 - Washington, D.C., 20 June 1889) was a Jewish American army officer and a graduate of West Point, Class of 1833. During the Seminole Wars, he served as an assistant quartermaster in the United States Army, and was promoted to captain in 1839. He later served in the Mexican-American War, becoming chief quartermaster of army troops in Mexico. He was appointed brevet lieutenant colonel for his service in the Mexican-American War. Myers resigned from the US Army in January 1861. During the American Civil War, he was appointed Quartermaster General of the Confederate States Army with the rank of Colonel. He married Marion Twiggs, the daughter of Major General David E. Twiggs. Their son, John Twiggs Myers, became a Lieutenant General in the US Marine Corps. The city of Fort Myers, Florida is named after him. He was descended from Rabbi Moses Cohen, an emigrant from London to Charleston, South Carolina. Myers died June 20, 1889 and was buried in St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia |
Spouse |
Marion Twiggs |
Children |
John Twiggs Myers |
