United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181861/1865Edward Porter Alexander served the Confederacy in twelve major battles and campaigns of the eastern theater of the Civil War.Photograph of Edward Porter Alexander. He wears a military uniform and faces forward. Alexander, a native of Wilkes County, Georgia, served in twelve major battles and campaigns of the eastern theater of the Civil War. He rose to the rank of brigadier general during the war, and afterward he became a scholar, a businessman, and a writer. Alexander died on April 28, 1910, in Savannah, Georgia.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/edward-porter-alexander-1835-1910Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/edward-porter-alexander-1835-1910Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaSoldiers--GeorgiaCollege teachers--GeorgiaExecutives--GeorgiaGenerals--GeorgiaConfederate States of America. Army--OfficersAuthors, American--GeorgiaUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--VeteransAlexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910Edward Porter AlexanderStillImage