What is Edward Porter Alexander?
{{Infobox Military Person |name= Edward Porter Alexander |born= {{birth date|1835|5|26}} |died= {{death date and age|1910|4|28|1835|5|26}} |image= EdwardPAlexander.jpg |caption= |nickname= |placeofbirth= [[Washington, Georgia]] |placeofdeath= [[Savannah, Georgia]] |placeofburial= |allegiance= [[United States|United States of America]]<br/>[[Confederate States of America]] |branch= [[Military engineer|Engineers]], [[Artillery]] |serviceyears= 1857–61 (USA)<br/>1861–65 (CSA) |rank= [[Second Lieutenant#United States|Second Lieutenant (USA)]]<br/>[[Brigadier General (CSA)]] |unit= |commands= |battles= [[American Civil War]] *[[Peninsula Campaign]] *[[Seven Days Battles]] *[[Battle of Fredericksburg]] *[[Battle of Chancellorsville]] *[[Battle of Gettysburg]] *[[Knoxville Campaign]] *[[Overland Campaign]] *[[Siege of Petersburg]] |awards= |relations= |laterwork= Railroad executive, planter, and author }} '''Edward Porter Alexander''' (May 26, 1835 – April 28, 1910) was an engineer, an officer in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]], a [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] general in the [[American Civil War]], and later a railroad executive, planter, and author. ==Other websites== *[http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/a/Alexander,Edward_Porter.html Inventory of the Edward Porter Alexander Papers, 1852-1910], in the [[Southern Historical Collection]], [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|UNC-Chapel Hill]] *[http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/sga/alexander.htm Photographs of Alexander] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208215607/http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/sga/alexander.htm |date=2008-02-08 }} {{Gettysburg figures}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Edward Porter}} [[Category:1835 births]] [[Category:1910 deaths]] [[Category:Confederate Army generals]] [[Category:Military people from Georgia (U.S. state)]]