James H . McBride James Haggin McBride ( 1814 – March 1864 ) was an American businessman , lawyer , banker , judge , legislator , and soldier . He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War , dying in the conflict from pneumonia in 1864 . Early life and career . James H . McBride was born in 1814 near Harrodsburg , Kentucky , the state ' s oldest city . Upon reaching adulthood he relocated to Monroe County , Missouri , where he became a merchant and manufacturer in the city of Paris . McBride began to study law and was admitted to the bar association of Missouri , and also married Mildred A . Barnes , a resident of Cooper County . McBride then moved his family to Springfield , where he founded a successful law practice . While there he also became president of the Springfield Bank . In 1850 McBride relocated to California , and in 1853 he returned to Missouri . He was elected to the $ 3 , representing Texas County as a Democrat . In 1859 McBride moved to Houston , the county seat of Texas County , and in 1860 he was elected a circuit judge there . Civil War service and death . When the American Civil War began in 1861 McBride chose to follow the Confederate cause . While still a Texas County judge , McBride was informed he had been appointed a brigadier general in the Missouri State Guard and given command of its 7th Division , effective May 18 . He had been appointed to the post by Claiborne F . Jackson , Missouri ' s governor . On August 10 McBride and his men first saw action during the Battle of Wilson ' s Creek , fought near Springfield , Missouri . Although neither fully trained nor equipped , the 7th Division fought well in the battle and were praised by Maj . Gen . Sterling Price , the Missouri State Guard ' s commander . McBride ' s performance in the Confederate victory has been described as : " His 645 troops were in the thick of the fight on Bloody Hill , suffering 146 casualties . General McBride and his troops were mentioned for their gallant service by General Sterling Price following this action . " McBride next fought during the Siege of Lexington on September 13 – 20 , 1861 . His men were positioned along the Missouri River and attacked the Union Army garrison on September 18 and 20 , where " General McBride and his troops were specifically mentioned for their bravery and gallant service . " Early in 1862 much of the Missouri State Guard force was reorganized into two Confederate brigades and commanded by Brig . Gen . Daniel M . Frost . On January 23 any remaining soldiers where put under McBride ' s command and renamed Missouri ' s 3rd Brigade of Volunteers . On February 16 , 1862 , McBride was captured by Union soldiers but was quickly exchanged . A week later on February 23 he resigned his commission from the state forces , hoping to become a brigadier general in the Confederate Army . However Price ' s opinion of McBride had changed because he " found fault with McBride ' s flouting of regulations and the lax discipline of his state guard division . " McBride was then ordered to Arkansas to organize a new infantry brigade . Based in Izard County , he recruited in southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas . Before he could accomplish this however , he was ordered to join Maj . Gen . Thomas C . Hindman , who was recruiting soldiers around Little Rock . In 1863 McBride ' s health began to fail , forcing him to remain in Arkansas into 1864 even though the area had fallen under Union control . Although he was appointed a colonel in the Confederate Army in 1864 , McBride was not fit for even recruiting duty and headed south with his family , hoping to recover his health . They left their home near Clarksville and got as far as Bluffton in Yell County before McBride became too ill from pneumonia to continue . He died in March and was buried in the town ' s cemetery in an unmarked grave . Legacy . The J . H . McBride Camp # 632 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans was named in his honor . In 1958 McBride ' s family asked the U . S . Government for a headstone and placed it on his grave in Bluffton . Douglas , one of McBride ' s sons , also served in the Confederate Army as an infantry captain , and was killed in action at Batesville in Independence County , Arkansas .