The Texan Major General Wharton Was Unarmed, When Shot and Killed April 6, 1865 by Fellow Texan CSA Officer Colonel George Wythe Baylor

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  John Austin Wharton (1828-1865) was a lawyer, plantation owner, and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was one of the Confederacy's best tactical cavalry commanders. An ardent secessionist, Wharton enlisted in the Confederate States Army as captain of Company B, 8th Texas Cavalry, also known as "Terry's Texas Rangers". Wharton fought with distinction at the Battle of Shiloh, where he was wounded. He was promoted to brigadier general on November 18, 1862, and was once more wounded at the Battle of Stones River. Shortly before the end of the war in 1865, a fellow Confederate cavalry officer, Col. George Wythe Baylor, brother of Confederate Arizona Governor Colonel John R. Baylor, killed Wharton in Houston, Texas, over a simmering dispute on military matters. The incident began with an argument on the street outside of the Fannin Hotel, the headquarters of Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder. The two officers had quarreled in the past, but this time Wharton came into Magruder's quarters and, as Baylor later claimed, called Baylor a liar. Baylor shot the unarmed Wharton and killed him instantly. Baylor was tried three times before he was finally acquitted after the war.Endorsment Signed “Approved, John A. Wharton, Col. Cmdg, Tex. Ran (corner of paper clipped), 4” x 6”, removed from a pocket diary. The furlough is written by “T(homas” S(umter) Weston, Lt. Cmdg Co. H Texas Rangers.” In full, “This is to certify that G.L. McMurphy a member of company H Texas Eangers is here by granted a a furlough to visit Atlanta Ga. for ten days, June 14, 1862, Chattanooga Tenn.”
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