Background
YOUNG, William Hugh was born on January 1, 1838 in Booneville, Missouri, United States, United States. Son of Hugh F. Young, a general in the Texas Reserves during the Civil War. His father took him to Grayson County, Texas, as an infant.
Education
Private school, southern university.
Career
He attended Washington College in Tennessee and McKenzie College in Texas and studied military tactics at the University of Virginia from 1859 to 1861. At the beginning of the Civil War, he raised a company in Texas, of which he was elected captain. His company fought with the Army of Tennessee at the battle of Shiloh, after which he was promoted to colonel.
He was cited for gallantry at the battles of Perryville and Murfreesboro. After being wounded at Murfreesboro, he fought at the battles of Vicksburg, Chickamauga, and Kenesaw Mountain and compiled a brilliant war record. He was promoted to brigadier general on August 15, 1864, and took command of General Matthew D. Ector’s Brigade for the remainder of the Atlanta Campaign.
He then accompanied General John B. Hood to Tennessee, where his left foot was shot off at Allatoona and he was captured in October 1864. He was paroled on July 24, 1865. After the war, he was a lawyer, real estate agent, and freight line operator in San Antonio, Texas, where he also was affiliated with the Nueces River Irrigation Company and edited the San Antonio Express.
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.