caption serviceyears branch commands relations death_date death_place birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label battles birth_date nickname rank image article_title name
brigadier general david e. twiggs 1812 -lrb- csa -rrb- & ndash ; 1861 -lrb- usa -rrb- 1861 usa army regular army csa department of the west john twiggs myers -lrb- grandson -rrb- 15 july 1862 augusta , georgia richmond county , georgia usa states of america 1795 united states of america csa 1861 confederate place of burial mexican-american war 1790 `` bengal tiger '' 35px , csa brevet major general , usa 35px major general david e. twiggs.jpg david e. twiggs
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david e. twiggs

david emanuel twiggs -lrb- 1790 -- july 15 , 1862 -rrb- was a united states soldier during the war of 1812 and mexican-american war and a general of the confederate states army during the american civil war .
he was the oldest confederate general in the civil war .
