Claim: Edward Ferrero(18 January 1831, Granada, Spain) was a dance instructor, choreographer, and ballroom operator who served in the Union army as a colonel under the command of Maj. Gen. Jonathan Jackson in the Battle of Bull Run and later on was promoted to brigadier general on September 19, 1862.
Evidence: Transferred northward with his brigade to Virginia in the summer of 1862, he served in the army of Maj. Gen. John Pope during the Northern Virginia Campaign, including the Second Battle of Bull Run.