Earl Van Dorn (September 17, 1820 – May 7, 1863) was a career military officer, fighting with distinction with the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was noted for his defeats at Pea Ridge and Corinth, MS, in 1862, and his murder by a civilian in the spring of 1863. Known to be impulsive and highly emotional, Van Dorn was also a Renaissance man, talented in fine painting, poetry, horsemanship, and also had a weakness for his love of lonesome women. This last trait would lead to his death in 1863, when his alleged womanizing became public knowledge. A reporter at the time dubbed him the terror of ugly husbands shortly before Van Dorns murder. The story began in the early spring of 1863, when Earl Van Dorn brought his cavalry command into the Spring Hill area and made his first headquarters in the home of Dr. Aaron White. Van Dorn, a married man, was soon in Spring Hill’s social swirl, which included the young and beautiful and married Jessie McKissack Peters. *More at this link... Earl Van Dorn is buried in Wintergreen Cemetery in Port Gibson. Pour yasef a sweet tea and read more here darlin... charmofthecarolines/charm-of-the-carolines/2012/09/van-dorn.html#ixzz3GKDi0thh Pour yasef a sweet tea and read more here darlin... charmofthecarolines/charm-of-the-carolines/2012/09/van-dorn.html#ixzz3GKDN7Oce
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