Thomas Drayton, the Glossary

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1. 58 relations: American Civil War, Army of Northern Virginia, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Port Royal, Battle of South Mountain, Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, Beaufort County, South Carolina, Blockade, Brigade, Captain (United States), Charleston and Savannah Railway, Charleston, South Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, Cincinnati, Civil engineer, Clement A. Evans, Confederate States Army, David J. Eicher, Division (military), Dooly County, Georgia, Drayton Island, Edisto Island, Ezra J. Warner (historian), Florence, South Carolina, Fort Walker (Hilton Head), General officers in the Confederate States Army, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Infantry, James Longstreet, Jefferson Davis, Louisville, Kentucky, Maryland campaign, Militia, Nullification crisis, Pennsylvania, Percival Drayton, Philadelphia, Planter class, Port Royal, South Carolina, Robert E. Lee, Second Battle of Bull Run, Second lieutenant, Seven Days Battles, Slavery, South Carolina, South Carolina Senate, State legislature (United States), States' rights, Sterling Price, Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War, ... Expand index (8 more) »

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Army of Northern Virginia

The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Antietam

The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek.

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Battle of Port Royal

The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on November 7, 1861.

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Battle of South Mountain

The Battle of South Mountain, known in several early Southern accounts as the Battle of Boonsboro Gap, was fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland campaign of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Thoroughfare Gap

The Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, also known as Chapman's Mill, took place on August 28, 1862, in Fauquier County and Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Beaufort County, South Carolina

Beaufort County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Blockade

A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force.

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Brigade

A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements.

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Captain (United States)

In the uniformed services of the United States, captain is a commissioned-officer rank.

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Charleston and Savannah Railway

The Charleston and Savannah Railway was a 19th-century American railroad serving the coastal states of South Carolina and Georgia and running through part of the South Carolina Lowcountry.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area.

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.

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Cincinnati

Cincinnati (nicknamed Cincy) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.

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Civil engineer

A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructure that may have been neglected.

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Clement A. Evans

Brigadier-General Clement Anselm Evans (February 25, 1833 – July 2, 1911) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Thomas Drayton and Clement A. Evans are Confederate States Army brigadier generals.

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Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to win the independence of the Southern states and uphold and expand the institution of slavery.

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David J. Eicher

David John Eicher (born August 7, 1961) is an American editor, writer, and popularizer of astronomy and space.

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Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 25,000 soldiers.

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Dooly County, Georgia

Dooly County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Drayton Island

Drayton Island is a privately owned heavily wooded island at the northern end of Lake George on the west side of the Saint Johns River's main channel in Putnam County, Florida, United States. Thomas Drayton and Drayton Island are Drayton family.

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Edisto Island

Edisto Island is one of South Carolina's Sea Islands, the larger part of which lies in Charleston County, with its southern tip in Colleton County.

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Ezra J. Warner (historian)

Ezra Joseph Warner III (July 4, 1910 – May 30, 1974) was an American historian of the American Civil War.

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Florence, South Carolina

Florence is a city in and the county seat of Florence County, South Carolina, United States.

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Fort Walker (Hilton Head)

Fort Walker (Hilton Head) was an American Civil War Confederate fort located on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina at the mouth of Port Royal Sound.

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General officers in the Confederate States Army

The general officers of the Confederate States Army (CSA) were the senior military leaders of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War of 1861–1865.

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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Hilton Head Island, often referred to as simply Hilton Head, is a Lowcountry resort town and barrier island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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James Longstreet

James Longstreet (January 8, 1821January 2, 1904) was a Confederate general who served during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse".

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Jefferson Davis

Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. Thomas Drayton and Jefferson Davis are 19th-century American planters.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States.

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Maryland campaign

The Maryland campaign (or Antietam campaign) occurred September 4–20, 1862, during the American Civil War.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g.

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Nullification crisis

The nullification crisis was a sectional political crisis in the United States in 1832 and 1833, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Percival Drayton

Percival Drayton (August 25, 1812 – August 4, 1865) was a career United States Navy officer. Thomas Drayton and Percival Drayton are Drayton family and people of South Carolina in the American Civil War.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Planter class

The planter class, also referred to as the planter aristocracy, was a racial and socioeconomic caste which emerged in the Americas during European colonization in the early modern period. Thomas Drayton and planter class are American slave owners.

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Port Royal, South Carolina

Port Royal is a town on Port Royal Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.

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Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. Thomas Drayton and Robert E. Lee are 19th-century American planters and American slave owners.

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Second Battle of Bull Run

The Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War.

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Second lieutenant

Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.

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Seven Days Battles

The Seven Days Battles were a series of seven battles over seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War.

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Slavery

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.

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South Carolina Senate

The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives.

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State legislature (United States)

In the United States, the state legislature is the legislative branch in each of the 50 U.S. states.

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States' rights

In American political discourse, states' rights are political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution, reflecting especially the enumerated powers of Congress and the Tenth Amendment.

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Sterling Price

Sterling Price (September 14, 1809 – September 29, 1867) was a United States general and senior officer of the Confederate States Army who fought in both the Western and Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War.

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Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War

The trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War was the scene of the major military operations west of the Mississippi River.

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Union Navy

The Union Navy is used to describe the United States Navy (USN) during the American Civil War, when it fought the Confederate States Navy (CSN).

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States District Court for the District of South Carolina

The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (in case citations, D.S.C.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of South Carolina.

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United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy (USMA), also referred to metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York.

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USS Pocahontas (1852)

The first USS Pocahontas, a screw steamer built at Medford, Massachusetts in 1852 as City of Boston, and purchased by the Navy at Boston, Massachusetts on 20 March 1855, was the first United States Navy ship to be named for Pocahontas, the Algonquian wife of Virginia colonist John Rolfe.

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Western theater of the American Civil War

The western theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military operations in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee, as well as Louisiana east of the Mississippi River.

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William Drayton Sr.

William Drayton Sr. (March 21, 1732 – May 18, 1790) was chief justice of the British American Province of East Florida and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. Thomas Drayton and William Drayton Sr. are Drayton family.

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6th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 6th Infantry Regiment ("Regulars") was formed 11 January 1812.

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See also

Drayton family

• Drayton Hall
• Drayton Island
• John Drayton
• Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (Charleston, South Carolina)
• Percival Drayton
• Thomas Drayton
• William Drayton
• William Drayton Sr.
• William Henry Drayton

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Drayton

Also known as Drayton, Thomas, Thomas F. Drayton, Thomas Fenwick Drayton.

, Union Navy, United States Army, United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, United States Military Academy, USS Pocahontas (1852), Western theater of the American Civil War, William Drayton Sr., 6th Infantry Regiment (United States).