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French, Samuel Gibbs

soldier, planter, was born Nov. 22, 1818, in Gloucester county, N. J. In 1843 he graduated from the United States Military academy. He was a lieutenant in the third regiment of the United States artillery in the war with Mexico; became a captain in the general staff in 1848; resigned in 1856; and then became a planter near Greenville, Miss. He was a major-general in the confederate army during the civil war; and served gallantly in thirty-five battles. He now lives in Pensacola, Fla.