Background
Perry, William Flake was born on March 12, 1823 in Jackson County, Georgia, United States. Son of Hiram and Nancy (Flake) Perry.
educator confederate military officer
Perry, William Flake was born on March 12, 1823 in Jackson County, Georgia, United States. Son of Hiram and Nancy (Flake) Perry.
Graduate Brownwood Academy, 1846.
Admitted to bar 1854, but never practiced. Teacher Talladega County, Alabama, 1848-1853. First state superintendent public instruction, Alabama, 1854-1858.
President East Alabama Female College, Tuskeegee, 1858-1862.
Planter, Alabama, 1865-1867. In charge military college, Glendale, Kentucky, 1867-1883.
Professor of English and philosophy Ogden College, from 1883. Entered Confederate States Army, May 1862, as private 44th Alabama Infantry, major, 1862, Lieutenant colonel, September 1, 1862, colonel, 1862, brigadier general, March 16, 1865.
Commanded regiment at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg.
Commanded brigade at Chickamauga, in Longstreet’s East. Tennessee campaign, battle Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, seige of St. Petersburg, Appomattox.
Married Ellen Douglas Brown, January 1, 1851.