John C. C. Sanders
Confederate States Army brigadier general (1840–1864)
John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders (April 4, 1840 – August 21, 1864) was one of the Confederate States Army's youngest brigadier generals during the American Civil War (Civil War). He was killed in the Battle of Globe Tavern along the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia on August 21, 1864.
Early life
John C. C. Sanders was born on April 4, 1840, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He grew up in Clinton, Greene County, Alabama. He began studies at the University of Alabama in 1858 but left school to enlist in the Confederate States Army as a private at the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861.
American Civil War
John C. C. Sanders was elected captain of Company E of the 11th Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry on June 11, 1861.
The 11th Alabama Infantry first engaged in combat at the Battle of Seven Pines. During the following Seven Days Battles, after fighting in the Battle of Gaines Mill, Sanders was severely wounded in the leg by a shell fragment at the Battle of Glendale (Frayser's Farm), June 30, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia. Nonetheless, he returned to command the regiment on August 11, 1862, as he was the senior officer on duty. He was wounded again at the Battle of Second Bull Run on August 30, 1862.
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