Alexander William Campbell

Alexander William Campbell (June 4, 1828 – June 13, 1893) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was a lawyer in Tennessee before and after the war, mayor of Jackson, Tennessee, 1856, and an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for governor of Tennessee in 1880.

Early life Alexander William Campbell was born on June 4, 1828, in Nashville, Tennessee. After graduating from West Tennessee College, he studied law at Cumberland University. He was admitted to the bar of Tennessee and became a partner of future United States Senator and United States Supreme Court justice, Howell E. Jackson. He was elected mayor of Jackson, Tennessee, in 1856.

American Civil War Alexander William Campbell enlisted in the Confederate States Army as a private. He was promoted to colonel of the 33rd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment on October 18, 1861. On February 18, 1865, Campbell was appointed acting inspector general for Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Later in the month, according to Sifakis, or on March 1, 1865, according to Eicher, Campbell was given command of a brigade in Brigadier General William H. Jackson's division of Lieutenant General Forrest's cavalry corps, with which he served until the end of the war. On March 1, 1865, Campbell was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army. He was paroled at Gainesville, Alabama, on May 11, 1865.

Aftermath After the Civil War, Campbell returned to Jackson, Tennessee and resumed his practice of law. He also was engaged as a banker. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for governor of Tennessee in 1880. He died on June 13, 1893, at Jackson. Alexander William Campbell was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, Tennessee.