Rodes, General Robert Emmett (P48192)
- Id
- P48192
- Last
- Rodes
- First
- Robert
- Middle
- Emmett
- Prefix
- General
- Suffix
- -
- Alternative Names
- -
- Display name
- -
- Birth year
- 1829
- Birth month
- 3
- Birth day
- 29
- Death year
- 1864
- Death month
- 9
- Death day
- 19
- Name source note
-
Lynchburg Museum
- Person types
- Confederate military
- Reason for leaving
- -
- Recorded race
- -
- Race
- white
- Race source note
- Sources
- -
- Note
-
Originally from Lynchburg, Virginia, Rodes attended the Virginia Military Institute, where he studied Civil Engineering. Rodes later became a professor at VMI until Stonewall Jackson was asked to fill a position he desired. With his engineering degree, Rodes moved to Alabama to work on the railroad. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Rodes became Commander of the 5th Ala. Infantry, which he led into battle at Bull Run. He became Brigadier General but had to temporarily step down after an arm injury sustained in the Peninsula Campaign. He was well enough to fight in Antietam and South Mountain. Ironically, he served under Jackson at Chancellorsville and was promoted by Jackson on his deathbed to become Major General. Rodes was killed in the Third Battle of Winchester in 1864.
- Person courses
- -
- Person corporate bodies
- Virginia Military Institute (student) (-1848), Virginia Military Institute (Assistant Professor ) (1848-1851), 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment (Colonel) (1861-1861), Confederate States Army C.S.A (Brigadier General) (1861-1863), Confederate States Army C.S.A (Major General) (1863-1864)
- Name as recorded
- -
- Place as recorded
- -
- School as recorded
- -
- Years as recorded
- -
- Other as recorded
- -
- Name status
- -
- Vetted
- Bio sketch
- Cooper link
- -
- References
- -
- Merge history
