William Felix Brantley | |
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![]() William Felix Brantley | |
Born | Greene County, Alabama | March 12, 1830
Died | November 2, 1870 near Winona, Mississippi | (aged 40)
Place of burial | Old Greensboro Cemetery, Webster County, Mississippi |
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Years of service | 1861–65 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
William Felix Brantley (March 12, 1830 – November 2, 1870) was an American lawyer and Confederate combatant. He served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, mainly in the Western Theater during the conflict.
He was ambushed and murdered in central Mississippi in November 1870, reportedly as part of a family feud. His older brother, Dr. John Ransom Brantley, was killed in 1859 in Gonzales, Texas. Their younger brother Arnold Brantley was killed in Greensboro, Mississippi in August 1870; his attackers escaped.