honorific_prefix caption serviceyears branch commands laterwork death_date death_place birth_place allegiance battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
lieutenant-general taylor photo taken between 1860 and 1870 1861 -- 1865 confederate army louisiana infantry louisiana pelican flag 1861 . svg 23px `` louisiana pelican tigers '' flag 1861 . svg 23px 9th louisiana louisiana state senate -lrb- 1855-1861 -rrb- 12 april 1879 new york city , new york , u.s. '' st. matthews , kentucky , u.s. -rrb- springfield '' , kentucky , u.s. -lrb- now confederate states american civil war 27 january 1826 metairie cemetery new orleans , louisiana , u.s. 25px lieutenant general richard taylor.jpg richard taylor -lrb- general -rrb-
 richard taylor
richard taylor -lrb- general -rrb-

richard scott `` dick '' taylor -lrb- january 27 , 1826 -- april 12 , 1879 -rrb- was an american planter , politician , military historian , and confederate general during the american civil war .
he was the son of zachary taylor , a general in the united states army and later president of the united states , and his wife margaret mackall smith taylor .
following the outbreak of the civil war , taylor joined the confederate states army , serving first as a brigade commander in virginia , and later as an army commander in the trans-mississippi theater .
