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James B. Terrill, often identified as James Barbour Terrill, was born on February 20, 1838 in Bath County, Virginia. He was practicing law in Warm Springs, Virginia when the American Civil War began. He joined the Confederate States Army and was elected major of the 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment in May 1861. He became colonel of the regiment after the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 15, 1863. On May 30, 1864, he was killed in action at the Battle of Totopotomoy Creek or Battle of Bethesda Church, which immediately preceded the Battle of Cold Harbor during the Overland Campaign. Terrill had already been nominated to the grade of brigadier general. The Confederate Senate posthumously confirmed the appointment on May 31, 1864, to rank from June 1, 1864. ==Early life== James Barbour Terrill was the son of Colonel William H. Terrill. For many years, William Terrill was the prosecuting attorney for Bath County, Virginia.〔Miller, Thomas Condit and Hu Maxwell. (''West Virginia and Its People, Volume 3'' ). New York, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1913. . Retrieved May 4, 2011. p. 887〕 James B. Terrill was a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, class of 1858. He studied law in Lexington, Virginia at the school of the Hon. John W. Brockenbrough.〔Walker, Charles, D. (''Memorial, Virginia military institute: Biographical sketches of the Graduates and Eleves of the Virginia Military Institute Who Fell in the War Between the States'' ). Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1875. . Retrieved May 28, 2011. p. 512〕 Starting in 1860 and when the Civil War began, he was practicing law in Warm Springs, Virginia.〔Warner, Ezra J. ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. ISBN 0-8071-0823-5. pp. 301–302〕 James Terrill was the brother of Confederate Private Phillip Terrill,〔Phillip Terrill first had been a lieutenant in another regiment.〕 who was killed in action at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Union General William Rufus Terrill, an 1853 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, who was mortally wounded on October 8, 1862 at the Battle of Perryville, and died the next day, and Emily Terrill Porterfield, the wife of Confederate Colonel George A. Porterfield.〔Miller, 1913, pp. 887–888〕 Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise appointed Terrill a major of cavalry in the state militia in 1859. When the Virginia Secession Convention effectively took Virginia out of the Union, Terrill hurried to Harpers Ferry to report for duty.〔 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「James B. Terrill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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