Western Military Institute (student) (-1859), 11th Tennessee Infantry (Drillmaster) (1861-1862), 11th Tennessee Infantry (Colonel) (1862-1864), Confederate States Army C.S.A (Brigadier General) (1864-1865), Cumberland University (student) (-), United States Department of the Interior (Special Agent) (1885-1889), Memphis City Schools (Superintendent) (1889-1907), United States House of Representatives (Representative) (1907-1911)