Background
CHEVES, Langdon was born on June 17, 1814 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, United States. Son of Langdon and Mary Elizabeth (Dulles) Cheves.
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Langdon CHEVES
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Education
Private school, southern university, United States Military Academy.
Career
He was educated in the Philadelphia schools, graduated from South Carolina College in 1833, attended the U.S. Military Academy from 1833 to 1835 but took no degree, and was admitted to the Columbia bar in 1836. His wife was the former Charlotte Lorain McCord, a sister of David J. McCord, a wealthy South Carolina planter. In 1841, Cheves abandoned his law practice and moved to Savannah, Georgia, where he ran a business and also became a rice planter in St. Peter’s Parish, Beaufort District, South Carolina.
He was a Democrat and an Episcopalian. He was a delegate to the Southern rights convention at Nashville in 1852 and to the Georgia secession convention in 1860. He voted for secession.
As a captain of engineers during the war, he repaired and built the forts at Savannah and at Hilton Head, South Carolina, and designed and constructed the first war balloon, which was used for observation in Virginia. In 1862, he constructed the works at Morris Island, Cummings Point, and Battery Wagner. His service in the Corps of Engineers was invaluable.
He was mortally wounded at Battery Wagner on July 10, 1863.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.
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Political Party
Democrat