Father: John Palmer 1785 – 1840
(Buried: Saint Bartholomew's Cemetery Gustavia Saint Barthelemy)
Mother:
Wife: Francis Marvin Kirby Palmer 1829 – 1922
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens Columbia South Carolina)
Children:
Edmund Kirby Palmer 1854 – 1925
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens Columbia South Carolina)
Occupation before War:
Merchant in Detroit Michigan
Farmer in Watauga County North Carolina
Civil War Career:
1861: Unsuccessful Candidate to North Carolina Secession Convention
1861: Captain of Mitchell Rangers
1862: Attempted to recruit Palmer Legion in Spring and Summer
1862: Lt. Colonel of 5th North Carolina Partisan Ranger Battalion
1862 – 1863:Captain of Co. A, 58th Regiment, N. C. Troops. Appointed Lt. Col. of this regiment on May 13, 1862. Promoted to Colonel on July 29, 1862, to rank from June 27, 1862.
Colonel of 58th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1863: Wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga
1863: Relieved of duty when regiment consolidated
1863 – 1864: District Commander of Western North Carolina
1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander in Western North Carolina
1865: Paroled on May 8, 1865 in Athens Georgia
Occupation after War:
Railroad President in Columbia South Carolina
(Buried: Saint Bartholomew's Cemetery Gustavia Saint Barthelemy)
Mother:
Wife: Francis Marvin Kirby Palmer 1829 – 1922
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens Columbia South Carolina)
Children:
Edmund Kirby Palmer 1854 – 1925
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens Columbia South Carolina)
Occupation before War:
Merchant in Detroit Michigan
Farmer in Watauga County North Carolina
Civil War Career:
1861: Unsuccessful Candidate to North Carolina Secession Convention
1861: Captain of Mitchell Rangers
1862: Attempted to recruit Palmer Legion in Spring and Summer
1862: Lt. Colonel of 5th North Carolina Partisan Ranger Battalion
1862 – 1863:Captain of Co. A, 58th Regiment, N. C. Troops. Appointed Lt. Col. of this regiment on May 13, 1862. Promoted to Colonel on July 29, 1862, to rank from June 27, 1862.
Colonel of 58th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1863: Wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga
1863: Relieved of duty when regiment consolidated
1863 – 1864: District Commander of Western North Carolina
1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander in Western North Carolina
1865: Paroled on May 8, 1865 in Athens Georgia
Occupation after War:
Railroad President in Columbia South Carolina
Father: John Palmer 1785 – 1840
(Buried: Saint Bartholomew's Cemetery Gustavia Saint Barthelemy)
Mother:
Wife: Francis Marvin Kirby Palmer 1829 – 1922
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens Columbia South Carolina)
Children:
Edmund Kirby Palmer 1854 – 1925
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens Columbia South Carolina)
Occupation before War:
Merchant in Detroit Michigan
Farmer in Watauga County North Carolina
Civil War Career:
1861: Unsuccessful Candidate to North Carolina Secession Convention
1861: Captain of Mitchell Rangers
1862: Attempted to recruit Palmer Legion in Spring and Summer
1862: Lt. Colonel of 5th North Carolina Partisan Ranger Battalion
1862 – 1863:Captain of Co. A, 58th Regiment, N. C. Troops. Appointed Lt. Col. of this regiment on May 13, 1862. Promoted to Colonel on July 29, 1862, to rank from June 27, 1862.
Colonel of 58th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1863: Wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga
1863: Relieved of duty when regiment consolidated
1863 – 1864: District Commander of Western North Carolina
1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander in Western North Carolina
1865: Paroled on May 8, 1865 in Athens Georgia
Occupation after War:
Railroad President in Columbia South Carolina
(Buried: Saint Bartholomew's Cemetery Gustavia Saint Barthelemy)
Mother:
Wife: Francis Marvin Kirby Palmer 1829 – 1922
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens Columbia South Carolina)
Children:
Edmund Kirby Palmer 1854 – 1925
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens Columbia South Carolina)
Occupation before War:
Merchant in Detroit Michigan
Farmer in Watauga County North Carolina
Civil War Career:
1861: Unsuccessful Candidate to North Carolina Secession Convention
1861: Captain of Mitchell Rangers
1862: Attempted to recruit Palmer Legion in Spring and Summer
1862: Lt. Colonel of 5th North Carolina Partisan Ranger Battalion
1862 – 1863:Captain of Co. A, 58th Regiment, N. C. Troops. Appointed Lt. Col. of this regiment on May 13, 1862. Promoted to Colonel on July 29, 1862, to rank from June 27, 1862.
Colonel of 58th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1863: Wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga
1863: Relieved of duty when regiment consolidated
1863 – 1864: District Commander of Western North Carolina
1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander in Western North Carolina
1865: Paroled on May 8, 1865 in Athens Georgia
Occupation after War:
Railroad President in Columbia South Carolina
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