serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1851 & ndash ; 1864 -lrb- csa -rrb- & ndash ; 1858 -lrb- usa -rrb- 1861 usa csa spotsylvania county , virginia 13 may 1864 halifax , north carolina usa america 1863 1851 united states of america confederate states of place of burial american civil war 27 june 1828 35px -lrb- csa -rrb- first lieutenant -lrb- usa -rrb- 35px brigadier general juniusdaniel.jpg junius daniel
 junius daniel
junius daniel

junius daniel -lrb- june 27 , 1828 -- may 13 , 1864 -rrb- was a planter and career military officer , serving in the united states army , then in the confederate states army during the american civil war , as a brigadier general .
his troops were instrumental in the confederates ' success at the first day of the battle of gettysburg .
he was killed in action at the battle of spotsylvania court house .
