Facts about Alfred Iverson

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   Iverson's cavalry brigade suffered devastating casualties at Gettysburg when Confederate forces mistakenly believed Union soldiers had retreated, resulting in approximately 1,200 of his 1,400 men killed, wounded, or captured.

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   Iverson's controversial 1859 New Mexico report criticized the territorial government's administration and advocated for military reorganization of the remote frontier region.

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   Captured at Gettysburg in 1863, General Iverson spent the remainder of the Civil War imprisoned at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor.

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   Iverson's son, Alfred Iverson III, became a U.S. Senator from Florida, serving in Congress during the 1870s following his father's diplomatic career.

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   After the Civil War ended, Iverson Jr. served as a U.S. minister to Portugal from 1866 to 1867 under President Andrew Johnson.

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   In 1859, Iverson published a controversial report on the New Mexico Territory following his service as a U.S. Army officer there during the 1850s.

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   Georgia-born Alfred Iverson Jr. served as a U.S. Army officer in the Mexican-American War before joining the Confederacy in 1861.

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   Alfred Iverson Jr. was promoted to major general in November 1864, commanding Confederate cavalry forces in North Carolina during the war's final year.

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   During the American Civil War, Confederate General Alfred Iverson Jr. led a cavalry brigade at Gettysburg in July 1863 before being captured.

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