Cadmus wilcox biography of martin luther

Wilcox was born in Wayne County, North Carolina. One of his brothers, John A. Wilcox , would later serve in the First Confederate Congress as a representative from Texas. The family moved to Tipton County, Tennessee , when Cadmus was only two years old.

He Gave All To The Confederacy.

He graduated in , standing 54th out of 59 cadets, and was brevetted a second lieutenant in the 4th U. Infantry on July 1. McClellan and Thomas J. He was appointed as an aide to Maj. John A. After the war with Mexico ended, Wilcox was promoted to first lieutenant on August 24, On his return to West Point, he published a manual on rifles and rifle firing, which became the standard textbook on the subject.

Wilcox also translated and published a work on infantry evolution as practiced in the Austrian Army. He was ordered to New Mexico Territory in , and was promoted to the rank of captain in the 4th Infantry on December After tendering his resignation from the U. Army accepted on June 8 he traveled to Richmond, Virginia , where he was commissioned a captain of artillery in the Confederate Army on March