| Summary: | (Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general). Member of the Kentucky state militia before the war. Appointed colonel of the 6th Kentucky Infantry in November 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in September 1863. Major campaigns and battles include Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, and the Carolinas. Returned to Kentucky after the war to resume his law practice and was later elected to Congress. Lewis died in July 1904 and is buried in Glasgow, Kentucky. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 4. National Historical Society, 1991.
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