Facts: - caption: samuel army w. ferguson , brigadier general in the confederate - placeofburial label: place if burial - battles: utah war american civil war - death date: 3 february 1917 - allegiance: united states of america confederate states of america - commands: 5th south carolina cavalry regiment 28th mississippi cavalry regiment - rank: lieutenant -lrb- usa -rrb- brigadier general - placeofburial: greenwood cemetery - birth date: 3 november 1834 - serviceyears: 1857 -lrb- csa -rrb- -- 61 -lrb- usa -rrb- 1861 -- 65 - name: samuel wragg ferguson - laterwork: president commissioners of the united states board of mississippi river - image: brigadier general samuel wragg ferguson.jpg - death place: jackson , mississippi - birth place: charleston , south carolina Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of samuel w. ferguson .
samuel wragg ferguson -lrb- november 3 , 1834 -- february 3 , 1917 -rrb- was a career united states army officer , a cavalryman , and a graduate of west point .he is best known for being a confederate brigadier general during the american civil war .