General John C. Breckinridge MO during the Southern campaign of

during the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War and was an overwhelming victory by American Revolutionary forces

11th Mississippi (flag captured at Sharpsburg)

1862 as a major general

Its commanders were Colonels James H

General John C. Breckinridge MO during the Southern campaign ofHistorical Background: Born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1821, John Cabell Breckinridge was a graduate of Centre College and later Transylvania Law School in 1845. He holds the record as the youngest Vice President ever elected to office, serving under President James Buchanan starting in 1856. In 1859, a year before his term as Vice President was to expire; he was elected to the U. S. Senate. Siding with the slaveholding faction of his native state