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Sykes, Edward Turner

soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born March 15, 1839, in Decatur, Ala. In 1858 he graduated from the university of North Carolina; and in law from the university of Mississippi in 1860. In 1861-62 he was adjutant of and captain in the tenth Mississippi infantry regiment, confederate service. In 1862-64 he was A. A. general of Wathall's brigade of infantry; and in 1864-65 filled the same position in Jackson's cavalry division. During 1884-88 he served with distinction as a state senator in the Mississippi legislature. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the south at Columbus, Miss., where he has held high positions of honor in the United Confederate Veterans, and since 1894 has been adjutant-general and chief of staff, with rank of brigadier-general, department east of the Mississippi, United Confederate Veterans.