HUMPHREYS
HUMPHREYS
cratic party on account of liis opposition to the
policy of President Jackson and was elected a
representative in the Mississippi legislature as an
Independent. In 1839 lie was elected a state
senator by the Whigs. He became prominent
in the politics of the state by his determined
stand against secession. At the outbreak of the
civil war, however, he raised a company for the
Confederate service, of which he was captain.
He was promoted colonel of the 21st Mississippi
regiment in 1862 and saw his first battle at Sav-
age's Station, Jiuio 29. 1862. which was followed
by the succession of engagements, closing with
Malvern Hill, where he was specially commended
by General Lee. His regiment was in the 3d
brigade of ^lagruders division; was transferred
to Kershaw's brigade, McLaws's division, and
took pai-t at Sharpsburg; and again transferred
to Barksdale's brigade, taking part at Fredericks-
burg, Dec. 13, 1862, Ciiancellorsville, May 1-4,
1803. and Gettysburg. July 1-3. 1863. His regi-
ment charged through the Peach Orchard at
Gettysburg. July 2, 1863, and reached the far-
thest point attained by Lee's army, further than
that attained by Pickett on the third day. He
destroyed Bigelow's 9th Massachusetts battery,
and led the brigade after Barksdale receiveil his
mortal wound early on July 2. Immediately
after tiie battle he was promoted to the rank of
brigadier-general and was assigned to the com-
mand of Barksdale's brigade, which was made up
of the 13th, 17th, 18th and 21st Mississippi regi-
ments. The corps of Longstreet was transferi-ed
to Bragg's army in the west and his brigade
stormed Snodgrass Hill, Chickamauga, Sept. 20,
1863. and on being again transferred to the army of Xortliern Virginia, he took part in the cam- paign against Grant in the succession of battles from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. May-June,
1864. He commanded his brigade in the battle of Cedar Creek, Oct. 19. 1864, and in the opera- tions of Gen. Jubal A. Early's army in the valley. He was severely' wounded at Berry ville, Va., Sept. 3, 1864, and on recovering was returned to Longst reefs corps and took part in the siege of Petersburg and defence of Richmond, December, 1864. He commanded the Department of ^Missis- sijjpi and East Louisiana in 186.1. and liis army was released on parole at the close of the war. He was elected governor of Missis.sippi in 186.'5, and in 1867, under the act of congress submitting certain constitutional provisions for adoption by the several states, he was elected by the oj^posi- tion party. In ]HC,H lie refused to .surrender his office to the military governor appointed under the reconstruction acts and he was thereupon forcibly ejected from the executive ofhce and later from the governor's mansion. He tlien entered the insurance business in partnership
■with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in Vicksburg, where
he remained until 1877, when he retired to his
I^lantation. Itta Bena, Leflore county. Miss. He
contributed numerous articles to j^eriodicals and
left in ]\IS. Tlic ^Va^• on (Jw SoutJieni States. He
died at Itta Bena.:\riss., Dec. 20, 1882.
HUnPHREYS, Charles, delegate, was born in Haverford, Pa., in 1712; son of Daniel and Hannah (Wynn) Humphreys, and grandson of Samuel an<l Elizabeth (Reese) Humphreys, and of Dr. Wynn, who came to America in the Wel- come with AVill- iam Penn. Sam- <ARPENTeR-$ hall uel Humphreys,
a Quaker and a
native of Merion-
ethshire, Wales,
died there short-
ly before his
widow and his
cliildren immi-
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grated to Amer- i..^HJi!j| |i j
ica. Charleswasi»=4>:^55i-- i
a member of the -r — ' '
Provincial as- ® -^i-.- "->^.
sembly of Pennsylvania, 1764-74, a delegate to the Continental congress, 1774-76, and although he opposed the oppressive measures of the British government, he voted against the Declaration of Independence. His home at Haverford, known as the "Mansion House,"' was occui)icd by Corn- wallis. He never maiTied. He died at Haver- ford. Pa.. March 11, 17s6.
HUnPRHEYS, David, diplomatist, was born in Derby, Conn., July 10, 1752; son of the Rev. Daniel and Sarah (Riggs) Bowers Humphreys, and grandson of John and Sarah (Mills) Pettibone Hum-
phreys and of Capt. Jolin and Elizabeth (Tomlinson) Riggs. David was graduated from Yale in 1771, and resided with the family of C<j1. Freder- ick Philipse, of Phil- ipse Manor, Yonkers, N.Y. At the out- break of the Revolu- tionary war he enter- ed the Continental army under Gen. Samuel H. Parsons, with the rank of c.nptain. He was major of the 1st Connecticut l)riga«l in 1777, wlien the British captured Forts Clinton and ^lontgomery; was aide to General Greene for a .short time; was attached to (Jeneral Put- nam's staff, 1778-80, and was aide-de-camp and
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