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About James L. Kemper
James Lawson Kemper was an American lawyer, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the 37th Governor of Virginia. He was the youngest brigade commander and only non-professional general officer in the division that led Pickett's Charge, during which he was severely wounded.
Everything about James L. Kemper →- Occupation
- lawyer, politician, soldier, governor
- Position held
- Governor of Virginia, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- June 11, 1823
- Died
- April 7, 1895