Major General Evander McIver Law of the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment and Confederate States Infantry Regiment in uniform/ G.W. Minnis, Photographic Gallery, 9th & Main Sts., Richmond, Va.

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Major General Evander McIver Law of the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment and Confederate States Infantry Regiment in uniform/ G.W. Minnis, Photographic Gallery, 9th & Main Sts., Richmond, Va.

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Minnis, George W., photographer

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1861-1865

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A bust portrait photograph of Confederate Colonel
Evander McIvor Law in uniform

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Colonel Evander McIvor Law
(1836 - 1920)
Home State: South Carolina
Education: The Citadel
Command Billet: Brigade Commander
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: Law's Brigade
On the Campaign-Commanded Law's Brigade of Hood's Division in Longstreet's Command. Along with the Texas Brigade, his regiments drove back the initial waves of Hooker's Federal I Corps early on the morning of the 17th. His Brigade was devastated in the charge, with greater than 50% casualties.

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