Albert Creswell Garlington Albert Cresswell Garlington ( June 9 , 1822 – March 27 , 1885 ) was a brigadier general in the South Carolina Militia , who served along with the Confederate States Army in South Carolina at various times during the American Civil War ( Civil War ) . He was initially responsible for coastal defenses and militia in South Carolina , and then for training state troops . He briefly served as a major of the Holcombe Legion , a South Carolina unit guarding the coast in South Carolina for the Confederate States Army . After he resigned his commission on May 21 , 1862 , he served as state adjutant general and inspector general . Garlington again served as a brigadier general of militia in the Carolinas Campaign of late 1864 and early 1865 . Garlington served two two - year terms in the South Carolina General Assembly in 1850 – 1854 before the war and a term in 1865 – 1867 after the war . He served as a state senator in 1856 – 1864 . He was a director of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad and a brigadier general in the state militia before the Civil War . He was a prominent lawyer at Newberry , South Carolina before and after the war , although he also lived for a period of time after 1867 in Atlanta , Georgia . Early life . Albert C . Garlington was born in Oglethorpe County , Georgia on June 9 , 1822 . His parents were Christopher Garlington and Eliza ( Aycock ) Garlington . Garlington graduated from the University of Georgia with highest honors in 1842 . He moved to South Carolina and became a lawyer in 1844 . In 1848 , he moved to his wife ' s home town of Newberry , South Carolina . His wife was the former Sally Lark Moon . His son , Ernest Albert Garlington , born February 20 , 1853 , was a graduate of the University of Georgia in 1872 and of the United States Military Academy in 1876 . He was assigned to the 7th U . S . Cavalry Regiment and received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Wounded Knee . He served in the Spanish - American War and ultimately was promoted to brigadier general . Garlington served in the South Carolina House of Representatives of the South Carolina General Assembly in 1850 – 1854 . He lost a race for a seat in the U . S . House of Representatives to Preston Brooks in 1854 . He served as a state senator in 1856 – 1864 . He was a director of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad and a brigadier general of the 10th Brigade of the South Carolina militia before the Civil War . American Civil War service . Albert Creswell Garlington began his Civil War service as a member of South Carolina Governor Francis Pickens ' s council of state , assigned to the Department of the Interior . He was responsible for coastal defense and the militia . When these responsibilities were transferred to the Confederate States Army , Pickens appointed Garlington brigadier general of the 3rd Brigade of South Carolina Volunteers and Garlington began training troops . After the regiments of the brigade were mustered into the Confederate Army , on December 19 , 1861 , Garlington was commissioned a major in the Holcombe Legion , responsible for coastal defense . The only action in which this unit was engaged was a skirmish at Edisto Island . Garlington resigned this position on May 21 , 1862 . Thereafter , Governor Pickens appointed Garlington as adjutant general and inspector general of the South Carolina militia with the rank of major general . Garlington unsuccessfully ran for governor of South Carolina in 1864 . In late 1864 and early 1865 , Garlington ' s brigade was sent to oppose the forces of Union Major General William T . Sherman as they marched through South Carolina . Garlington ' s brigade evacuated the state capital of Columbia , South Carolina upon the approach of Sherman ' s forces and Garlington disbanded the brigade in February 1865 . Later life . After the Civil War , Albert C . Garlington was elected to a term in the South Carolina House of Representatives between 1865 and 1867 . He then moved to Atlanta , Georgia for a period of time but returned to Newberry to continue his law practice before retiring to his farm near Newberry for the last years of his life . Albert Creswell Garlington died on March 27 , 1885 in Newberry , South Carolina . He is buried in Rosemont Cemetery , Newberry , South Carolina .