John C . C . Sanders John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders ( April 4 , 1840 – August 21 , 1864 ) was one the Confederate States Army ' s youngest brigadier generals during the American Civil War ( Civil War ) . He was killed in the Battle of Globe Tavern along the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg , Virginia on August 21 , 1864 . Early life . John C . C . Sanders was born on April 4 , 1840 in Tuscaloosa , Alabama . He grew up in Clinton , Greene County , Alabama . He began studies at the University of Alabama in 1858 but left school to enlist in the Confederate States Army as a private at the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861 . American Civil War service . John C . C . Sanders was elected captain of Company E of the 11th Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry on June 11 , 1861 . The 11th Alabama Infantry first engaged in combat at the Battle of Seven Pines . During the following Seven Days Battles , after fighting in the Battle of Gaines Mill , Sanders was severely wounded in the leg by a shell fragment at the Battle of Glendale ( Frayser ' s Farm ) , June 30 , 1862 , in Henrico County , Virginia . Nonetheless , he returned to command the regiment on August 11 , 1862 as he was the senior officer on duty . He was wounded again at the Battle of Second Bull Run on August 30 , 1862 . Sanders was formally promoted to colonel after the Battle of Antietam ( Sharpsburg , Maryland ) , September 17 , 1862 , where his face was wounded by stones thrown up by an exploding shell . Sanders fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg , Battle of Salem Church , and Battle of Gettysburg , where he was wounded in the knee on July 2 , 1863 . While recovering , he served on court martial duty as the president of the division court martial . He returned to his regiment in time to command them in the Overland Campaign . He commanded Cadmus M . Wilcox ' s old brigade in Richard H . Anderson ' s division of III Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia in the Bristoe Campaign and Mine Run Campaign . Thereafter , Brigadier General Abner Monroe Perrin returned to command the brigade , and Sanders returned to command his regiment until Perrin was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House . Sanders then led his brigade and helped retake the " Mule Shoe " Salient . For his actions and services at Spotsylvania Court House , Sanders was promoted to brigadier general on May 31 , 1864 under the section of the Confederate law permitting the appointment of temporary general officers . Sanders was given command of a brigade of Alabama regiments formerly commanded by Brigadier General Cadmus M . Wilcox . He performed with competence and bravery during the Battle of Cold Harbor and the early engagements of the Siege of Petersburg . As part of Major General William Mahone ' s division , Sanders ' s brigade participated in the defense of the Confederate line during the Battle of the Crater , July 30 , 1864 , where he led his brigade in the Confederate counterattack . Brigadier General John C . C . Sanders was killed in action in an engagement along the Weldon Railroad in Virginia which is generally known as Battle of Globe Tavern ( also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad ) , on August 21 , 1864 when he was shot through both thighs and bled to death within a few minutes . Aftermath . Sanders was buried in Hollywood Cemetery Richmond , Virginia . The Eichers state he was reinterred in Alabama in 1918 .