Roger Weightman Hanson (August 27, 1827 – January 4, 1863) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The commander of the famed "Orphan Brigade," he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Murfreesboro. He was nicknamed "Old Flintlock."
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27 August 1827 Clark County, Kentucky
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Died |
4 January 1863 (aged 35)
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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