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Lloyd Tilghman (January 18, 1816 – May 16, 1863) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War.. A railroad construction engineer by background, he was selected by the Confederate government to build two forts to defend the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers.
The Greek Revival house was built in 1852 by Robert Woolfolk on behalf of Lloyd Tilghman, who moved with his family to Paducah that year.Tilghman was a United States Military Academy graduate, having finished 46th out of 49 in his class, but spent less than a year as a Second Lieutenant.
The Lloyd Tilghman Memorial is a statue located in Paducah Kentucky, of Lloyd Tilghman, a brigadier general for the Confederate States of America who died at the Battle of Champion Hill in May 1863. Lloyd Tilghman was a native of Maryland who lived in Paducah from 1852 to 1861.
In January 1862, Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman assumed command of both Forts Henry and Donelson, with a combined force of 4,900 men. At Fort Henry, approximately 3,000–3,400 men in two brigades were commanded by Colonels Adolphus Heiman and Joseph Drake.
Lloyd Tilghman Binford (December 16, 1866 – August 27, 1956 [1] [2]) was an American insurance executive and film censor who was the head of the Memphis Censor Board in the early 20th Century for 28 years.
The 3rd Kentucky Infantry was organized in July 1861, at Camp Boone in Montgomery, Tennessee, under the command of Colonel Lloyd Tilghman.. At the Battle of Shiloh, the regiment was brigaded with the 4th Alabama Infantry, 31st Alabama Infantry, 4th Kentucky Infantry, 6th Kentucky Infantry, and 9th Kentucky Infantry.
Outside of Coffeeville, the Confederate command decided to ambush the harassing enemy cavalry. On December 5, under the command of Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman, the men of Baldwin, Tilghman and Rust's brigades with artillery and support from W. H. Jackson's units, hid on a wooded ridge alongside the Water Valley-Coffeeville Road.
Despite heavy damage to one of the gunboats, Foote was able to quickly subdue the fort. When the Confederate garrison commander, Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, sent out a flag of truce asking the terms of surrender, Foote sent back a blunt reply, “No sir, your surrender will be unconditional!” [6]