United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181824/1894Alfred H. Colquitt joined the Confederate army as a captain in 1861 and rose to the rank of major general by the end of the Civil War. Although his service during the 1863 battle at Chancellorsville, Virginia, was considered questionable, Colquitt redeemed himself the following year at the Battle of Olustee in Florida.Photograph of Alfred H. Colquitt, an active secessionist and brigade commander in the Civil War (1861-65). He wears a Confederate army uniform. He faces forward. Colquitt was a prominent political leader in Georgia until his death. During his long career, the veteran officer was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, as well as the governor of Georgia.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/alfred-h-colquitt-1824-1894Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/alfred-h-colquitt-1824-1894Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaGovernors--GeorgiaLegislators--United StatesLawyers--GeorgiaPoliticians--GeorgiaLegislators--GeorgiaConfederate States of America. Army--OfficersMilitary uniformsColquitt, Alfred Holt, 1829-1894Alfred H. ColquittStillImage