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James Hagan (June 17, 1822 – November 6, 1901) was a United States Army captain during the Mexican-American War and a Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War (Civil War). He was a prosperous businessman and planter at Mobile, Alabama between the wars. Although he commanded a brigade during most of 1863 and from August 1864 until the end of the war, he was never appointed a brigadier general by Confederate President Jefferson Davis or confirmed as a general officer by the Confederate Senate. ==Early life== James Hagan was born in County Tyrone, Ireland on June 17, 1822.〔Allardice, Bruce S.'' More Generals in Gray.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8071-3148-2 (pbk.). p. 111.〕〔Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. ''Civil War High Commands''. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 598.〕〔Hagan used this as his birth date in 1887 but two other dates were also given for his birth date.〕 His family moved to a farm near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when he was still at an early age.〔 He was educated at Clermont Academy in Philadelphia.〔 He moved to Alabama in 1837.〔〔Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. ''The Civil War Dictionary.'' New York: McKay, 1988. ISBN 0-8129-1726-X. First published 1959 by McKay.〕 His prosperous uncle, John Hagen of New Orleans, Louisiana, took him into the family business and set him up in Mobile, Alabama to manage the Hagan business there.〔 Hagan served in Hays's Texas Rangers, a cavalry unit in Major General Zachary Taylor's army during the Mexican-American War.〔〔 Hagan was recognized for his gallantry at the Battle of Monterrey.〔 He was commissioned a captain in the 3rd U.S. Dragoons in 1848.〔 He was discharged on July 31, 1848.〔 After the war, he returned to Mobile where he bought and subsequently managed a plantation instead of remaining in the family mercantile business.〔 In 1854, Hagan married Bettie Oliver, daughter of Alabama's attorney general.〔Allardice, 1995, p. 112.〕〔Allardice, Bruce S. ''Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register.'' Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8262-1809-4. pp. 176–177.〕 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 Hagan (Confederate colonel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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