Brig. Gen. (CSA) Abner Monroe Perrin, III

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Brig. Gen. (CSA) Abner Monroe Perrin, III

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States
Death: May 12, 1864 (37)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States (KIA at Battle of Spotsylvania Court House)
Place of Burial: Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Abner Perrin, Jr. and Mary Carson Perrin
Husband of Emmala Elizabeth Perrin
Father of Pierce Butler Perrin, Sr. and Robert W. Perrin
Brother of Col.(CSA), Robert Oliver Perrin, MD; Margaret Carson Dillon; Sgt. Maj. William Alexander Perrin, CSA; Capt. Telemachus Ulysses Perrin, CSA; Sgt. Napolean Patterson Perrin, CSA and 3 others

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About Brig. Gen. (CSA) Abner Monroe Perrin, III

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Monroe_Perrin

Abner Monroe Perrin (February 2, 1827 – May 12, 1864) was a Confederate general in the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. He was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania.

Perrin was born in the Edgfield District of South Carolina. He fought in the Mexican-American War as a lieutenant in the infantry. Upon his return home, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1854.

When the Civil War began, Perrin entered the Confederate service as a captain in the 14th South Carolina Infantry that was attached to Maxcy Gregg's brigade of the famous "Light Division" of A.P. Hill.

Perrin saw service with Gregg's Brigade through all of its major battles, including the Seven Days, Second Bull Run (Second Manassas), Antietam, and Fredericksburg. When Gregg's successor, Samuel McGowan, was wounded at Chancellorsville, Perrin took command of the brigade and led it at the subsequent Battle of Gettysburg in the division of Maj. Gen. William Dorsey Pender in Hill's new Third Corps. At Gettysburg, on July 1, 1863, Perrin's brigade was involved in the Confederate attack that captured Seminary Ridge. On September 10, 1863, Perrin was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. Upon the return of McGowan, Perrin was transferred to command the Alabama brigade previously led by Brig. Gen. Cadmus Wilcox in the division of Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson. (Wilcox had been appointed to command the division of Pender, who had died from a wound received at Gettysburg.)

Perrin was conspicuously brave at the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864. In the next battle, Spotsylvania Court House, he declared "I shall come out of this fight a live major general or a dead brigadier." When the "Mule Shoe" (or "Bloody Angle") was over-run and most of Maj. Gen. Edward "Allegheny" Johnson's division was captured on May 12, 1864, units from the Third Corps—including Perrin's brigade—were called in to help. Leading his troops in a spirited counterattack through a very heavy fire, with his sword in hand, Perrin fell from his horse pierced by seven bullets. He died instantly.

Perrin is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Virginia.



Abner Monroe Perrin was a Confederate general in the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.

Perrin was born in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. He fought in the Mexican-American War as a lieutenant in the infantry. Upon his return home, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1854.

When the Civil War began, Perrin entered the Confederate service as a captain in the 14th South Carolina Infantry that was attached to Brig. Gen. Maxcy Gregg's brigade of the famous "Light Division" of Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill.

Perrin saw service with Gregg's Brigade through all of its major battles, including the Seven Days, Second Bull Run (Second Manassas), Antietam, and Fredericksburg. When Gregg's successor, Samuel McGowan, was wounded at Chancellorsville, Perrin took command of the brigade and led it at the subsequent Battle of Gettysburg in the division of Maj. Gen. William Dorsey Pender in Hill's new Third Corps. At Gettysburg, on July 1, 1863, Perrin's brigade was involved in the Confederate attack that captured Seminary Ridge. On September 10, 1863, Perrin was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. Upon the return of McGowan, Perrin was transferred to command the Alabama brigade previously led by Brig. Gen. Cadmus Wilcox in the division of Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson (Wilcox had been appointed to command the division of Pender, who had died from a wound received at Gettysburg).

Perrin was conspicuously brave at the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864. In the next battle, Spotsylvania Court House, he declared "I shall come out of this fight a live major general or a dead brigadier." When the "Mule Shoe" (or "Bloody Angle") was overrun and most of Maj. Gen. Edward "Allegheny" Johnson's division was captured on May 12, 1864, units from the Third Corps—including Perrin's brigade—were called in to help. Leading his troops in a spirited counterattack through a very heavy fire, with his sword in hand, Perrin was riddled with bullets and died instantly, shot seven times. He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Perrin, Abner BATTLE UNIT NAME: General and Staff Officers, Non-Regimental Enlisted Men, CSA SIDE: Confederacy COMPANY: SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Brigadier General SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER: M818 ROLL 19 PLAQUE NUMBER: NOTES: none


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Brig. Gen. (CSA) Abner Monroe Perrin, III's Timeline

1827
February 2, 1827
Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States
1852
1852
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States
1864
May 12, 1864
Age 37
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States
May 12, 1864
Age 37
Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
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