Edward Porter Alexander
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Edward Porter Alexander was an American military engineer, railroad executive, planter, and author. He served first as an officer in the United States Army and later, during the American Civil War, in
Photo taken in 1866
This monument on Seminary Ridge marks the location of Alexander's artillery.
Edward Porter Alexander in the 1900s
Plaque honoring Alexander and Charles Cevor at the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame
Bessie Alexander Ficklen
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Bessie Alexander Ficklen was an American poet and artist. Her essay on "Dream Poetry", appeared in one of the leading magazines of the 19th-century and attracted much attention. She wrote more for ple
Edward Porter Alexander
…lieutenant on October 10, 1858. Alexander met Bettie Mason of Virginia in 1859 and married her on April 3, 1860. They would eventually have six children: Bessie Mason (born 1861), Edward Porter Jr. and Lucy Roy (twins, born 1863), an unnamed girl (1865, died in infancy prior to naming), Adam Leopold (1867), and William…
Photo in A Woman of the Century