Beverly H. Robertson (5 June 1827 – 12 December 1910) was a Confederate States Army Brigadier-General during the American Civil War.
Biography[]
Beverly Robertson was born in Amelia County, Virginia in 1827, and he graduated from West Point in 1849 and served in the US Army on the frontiers of New Mexico, Kansas, and Nebraska, where he fought against the Apache and Sioux. Robertson became rivals with fellow cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart, as Robertson had previously been engaged to the woman who would go on to marry Stuart. At the start of the American Civil War, he was made colonel of the 4th Virginia Cavalry of the Confederate States Army, fighting in the Valley Campaign of 1862. He was promoted to Brigadier-General on 9 June 1862, and he fought at the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862 before being sent to North Carolina to train and recruit new cavalry regiments. During the Battle of Brandy Station, he failed to delay an approaching Union Army column, and his brigade suffered severe losses during the Battle of Gettysburg and the ensuing retreat. In October 1863, he was given command of the Second Military District in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and he helped defend Charleston from Union attack. He surrendered with Joseph E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865, and he worked in the insurance business in Washington DC for many decades until his death in 1910 at the age of 83.
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