Brig. Gen. James Cantey
Born December 30, 1818, Camden, South Carolina
Died June 30, 1874 (aged 55); Fort Mitchell, Alabama
Buried Fort Mitchell, Alabama: Allegiance United States of America
Confederate States of America Service/branch United States Army
Confederate States Army
Years of service 1846–1848 (USA) / 1861–1865 (CSA)
Rank: Union army rank Captain (USA)
Confederate States of America, General; Brigadier General (CSA)
Unit Palmetto Regiment (USV)
Commands held: 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Cantey's Brigade
Battles/wars: Mexican-American War
American Civil War
Other work: Painter
James Cantey (December 30, 1818 – June 30, 1874),
was a Confederate States Army brigadier general
during the American Civil War. He was a lawyer,
planter, state legislator in South Carolina and officer
in the Mexican-American War before the war  and
a painter in Alabama both before and after the war.

Joseph Brevard Kershaw
Born January 5, 1822, Camden, South Carolina
Died April 13, 1894 (aged 72) Camden, South Carolina
Buried Old Quaker Cemetery
Camden, South Carolina
Allegiance: Confederate States of America
Service/branch:   Confederate States Army
Years of service: 1861–65 (CSA)
Rank: Confederate States of America General; Major General
Battles/wars: American Civil War

First Battle of Manassas, Battle of Fredericksburg,
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of the Wilderness,
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Battle of Cold Harbor
Joseph Brevard Kershaw (January 5, 1822 – April 13, 1894)
was a lawyer, judge, and a Confederate general
in the American Civil War. Kershaw, the scion of (                ) plantation aristocracy,
was born in Camden, South Carolina in 1822,
admitted to the bar in 1843, and       was a member
of the South Carolina Senate in 1852-56.
Kershaw saw battle during the Mexican-American
War, but fell dangerously sick and was
                      permitted to return home.

James Cantey     was born on December 30, 1818
in Camden, South Carolina.      After   graduating
from South Carolina College,    where he was a
member of the Euphradian Society,  he studied
law and practiced law in Camden.              Cantey
was a two-term state legislator in  South Carolina.
Cantey was an officer in the    Palmetto Regiment
in the Mexican-American War,                 rising to
the grade of captain.  
He was wounded during the war. After the end
of the Mexican-American War, Cantey became
                a painter in Russell County, Alabama.