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Horace Randal (January 4, 1833 – May 2, 1864) was a Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War (Civil War). Randal was mortally wounded while commanding a brigade at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas on April 30, 1864, dying two days later. Confederate President Jefferson Davis did not act upon a request made by General E. Kirby Smith on November 8, 1863 to promote Randal to brigadier general. After Randal's performance at the Battle of Mansfield, General Smith, as the Confederate commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department, assigned Randal to duty as a brigadier general on April 13, 1864. Randal was not officially promoted. Jefferson Davis subsequently revoked Smith's appointment of Randal as a brigadier general. Randal graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1854 and was serving as a Second Lieutenant and Brevet First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army when the Deep South States seceded from the Union. Randal resigned from the U.S. Army on February 27, 1861 and was promptly appointed colonel of the 28th Texas Cavalry Regiment. ==Early life== Horace Randal was born in McNairy County, Tennessee on January 4, 1833.〔Allardice, Bruce S.'' More Generals in Gray.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8071-3148-2 (pbk.). p. 192.〕〔Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. ''Civil War High Commands''. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 608.〕〔Eicher, 2001, p. 608 states that Randal's birth date was either January 1, 1833 or January 4, 1833, recognizing a conflict in earlier sources. Allardice, 1995, p. 193 cites a January 20, 1849 letter from Randal's father to the Secretary of War showing the January 4, 1833 birth date.〕 His parents, Dr. Leonard Randal and Sarah Kyle Randal, moved the family to Texas in 1838.〔 Dr. Leonard Randal was an army surgeon, who later was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas.〔 After five years in attendance, Horace Randal graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1854, ranking forty-fifth out of forty-six in the class.〔〔〔Evans, Clement A., ed. (''Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History'' ). Volume 11 of 12. Roberts, O. M. ''Texas''. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Company, 1899. . Retrieved January 20, 2011. p. 251.〕〔Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. ''The Civil War Dictionary''. New York: McKay, 1988. ISBN 0-8129-1726-X. First published New York, McKay, 1959. p. 678.〕〔Sifakis, Stewart. ''Who Was Who in the Civil War.'' New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 0-8160-1055-2. p. 530.〕 Originally assigned to the infantry, Randal transferred to the 1st U.S. Dragoons in 1855.〔〔〔 He fought Indians in the southwest.〔〔〔 In 1857, United States Secretary of War Jefferson Davis recommended that Randal receive the rank of brevet first lieutenant for gallant and meritorious conduct in the conflict with the Apaches.〔 Randal married first Julia Bassett, then Nannie E. Taylor.〔Allardice, Bruce S. ''Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register.'' Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8262-1809-4. p. 317.〕 Randal was in Washington, D.C. during the week before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as President of the United States.〔 The U.S. Army's General-in-Chief. Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, offered Randal a Regular Army commission as major.〔 Randal decided to go with his home state of Texas into the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy).〔 He resigned from the U.S. Army on February 27, 1861.〔〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horace Randal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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