Alexander Peter Stewart
Posted by: silverquill
N 36° 24.446 W 083° 00.342
17S E 320154 N 4031008
This historical marker is afixed to the outside of the historic Lyons Hospital, dating from 1926, in Rogersville, Tennessee.
Waymark Code: WM3PZW
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/02/2008
Views: 31
Alexander Peter Stewart
Born here, Oct. 2,1821; graduate USMA, 1842; resigned 1845, and a professor at Cumberland U., and U. of Nashville until 1861. Appointed major, CSA, quickly advanced to brigadier general; successfully to corps command. Army of TN, and twice wounded. Chancellor, U. of Mississippi, 1874-1886, and a commissioner for creation of Chickamauga Military Park. He died in Biloxi, Miss., Aug. 30, 1908, and is buried in St. Louis.