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Robert Plunket Maclay (February 19, 1820 – May 20, 1903) was a Confederate States Army major during the American Civil War (Civil War). On May 13, 1864, he was assigned to duty as a brigadier general to rank from April 30, 1864 by General E. Kirby Smith. He was never officially appointed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis and confirmed by the Confederate Senate to that rank. ==Early life== Robert Plunket Maclay was born in Armagh, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1820.〔Allardice, Bruce S.'' More Generals in Gray.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8071-3148-2 (pbk.). pp. 148–149.〕〔Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. ''Civil War High Commands''. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 604.〕 His parents were Samuel Plunket Maclay and Elizabeth (Johnston) Maclay.〔 His grandfather and granduncle were United States Senators.〔 An uncle was a United States Congressman.〔 Maclay attended Lewiston Academy after which he became a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1836.〔 He graduated in the class of 1840, ranking 32nd of 42 class members.〔〔〔Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. ''The Civil War Dictionary''. New York: McKay, 1988. ISBN 0-8129-1726-X. First published New York, McKay, 1959. p. 500.〕〔Sifakis, Stewart. ''Who Was Who in the Civil War.'' New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 0-8160-1055-2. p. 420.〕 He was assigned as a second lieutenant to the 8th United States Infantry Regiment.〔〔 He fought in the Second Seminole War in the early 1840s.〔〔〔 As an officer with Major General Zachary Taylor's forces, Maclay was wounded at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, Texas on May 9, 1846, at the start of the Mexican-American War.〔〔〔〔 To help him recuperate, Maclay was sent home on recruiting duty.〔 He returned to the army in time to participate in garrison duty defending Puebla, Puebla which the U.S. Army occupied in 1847 and left at the end of the war in 1848.〔 On January 22, 1849, Maclay was promoted to captain.〔 He was on garrison duty in Texas for eleven years and was for a time the commander of Fort Inge.〔 Maclay married Virginia Medora Nutt in 1853.〔 She died in 1856 and he inherited plantations in Louisiana and Mississippi from her.〔 Maclay resigned as captain in the U.S. Army on December 31, 1860 in order to manage his Louisiana properties.〔〔〔 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「Robert Plunket Maclay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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