User talk:Chris Voss

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Dr. James B. Peters
Dr. James B. Peters

Earl Van Dorn's Death It was Van Dorn's reputation as a womanizer, not a Union bullet, that led to his death. In May 1863 he was shot in his headquarters at Spring Hill in Maury County, Tennessee, by Dr. James B. Peters, who claimed that Van Dorn had carried on an affair with his wife Jessie.[33] Alone in his office at the home of Martin Cheairs (now known as Ferguson Hall) Van Dorn was writing at his desk, and Peters entered and shot him once in the back of the head, killing him instantly.[34] Peters was later arrested by Confederate authorities, but was never brought to trial for the killing.[33] In defense of his actions, Dr. Peters stated that Van Dorn had "violated the sanctity of his home."[35]

General Van Dorn is one of the three Major Generals in the American Civil War who died violently but from private problems. Remarkably the other ones were Union Major General, William "Bull" Nelson shot as the result of a feud with then Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis in September 1862 ; and CS Major General John Wharton shot as the result of a feud with Colonel Baylor in April 1865.

Van Dorn's body was brought back to Mississippi and buried at Wintergreen Cemetery in Port Gibson.