Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton

Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton (February 8, 1822 September 3, 1863) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Missouri from February 18, 1862 until his death in 1863.

Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton
Confederate States Senator
from Missouri
In office
February 18, 1862  September 3, 1863
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byWaldo P. Johnson
Personal details
Born(1822-02-08)February 8, 1822
Loudoun County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedSeptember 3, 1863(1863-09-03) (aged 41)
Bladon Springs, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationMiami College[1]
University of Virginia[1]
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Branch/service Confederate States Army
Years of service1861-1863
Rank Colonel
Commands 3rd Cavalry Regiment,
8th Division Missouri State Guard[2]
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Biography

Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. He was a member of the Missouri State Senate in 1858. He was a delegate from Missouri in the Provisional Confederate Congress and afterwards was elected to the Confederate States Senate. He also served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army. He died in Bladon Springs, Alabama on September 3, 1863, after catching malaria while defending Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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See also

  • List of Confederate States Senators

Notes

  1. Sloan, Charles W (October 1898). "Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton". The Green Bag. X (10): 413.
  2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. New York: James T White & Company. 1897. p. 159.
Confederate States Senate
New constituency Confederate States Senator (Class 2) from Missouri
1862–1863
Served alongside: John Clark
Succeeded by
Waldo P. Johnson


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