Brigadier General James Jay Archer of the 5th Texas Infantry Regiment and Confederate States Infantry Regiment in uniform / E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York.

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Brigadier General James Jay Archer of the 5th Texas Infantry Regiment and Confederate States Infantry Regiment in uniform / E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York.

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E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), photographer

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1861-1864

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A bust portrait photograph of Confederate Brigadier General
James Jay Archer in uniform

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Brigadier General James Jay Archer
(1817 - 1864)
Home State: Maryland
Education: Princeton College, Class of 1835
Command Billet: Brigade Commander
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: Archer's Brigade
On the Campaign-He was in command of the Archer's "Tennessee" Brigade of Hill's Light Division which arrived at Sharpsburg after an all day march from Harpers Ferry late on the afternoon of 17 September and was part of the counterattack which drove the Federal Left Wing back from Sharpsburg at the end of the battle. He had been ill and "turned over command of the Brigade to Colonel Turney (First Tennessee), under whom, with the exception of the Fifth Alabama, it marched to the battle-field of Sharpsburg, while I followed in an ambulance. " He resumed command as the Brigade formed for attack late in the afternoon of 17 September.

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