Graduate of U. S. Military Academy at West Point in 1850. He served in Key West, Florida, in 1850 and became Second Lieutenant of the 4th Artillery 11 December 1850. From 1850-51 he served at Ft. Columbus, New York; from 1851-1852 at Ft. Mackinac, Michigan; from 1852-53, 1853-56 at West Point, New York, being assigned as Assistant Professor of natural and Experimental Philosophy in the Military Academy. He was First Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, 14 February 1856, and resigned 10 January 1857.
Culbertson served with the Confederate forces from 1861-1866. He served as a Lieutenant at Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, during the Civil War. He served in the defense of Fort Henry and in the absence of a superior officer, commanded the batteries which engaged the federal gunboats at the siege of Fort Donaldson, where he was captured and held prisoner at Camp Chase and Johnson's Island until exchanged. A commission as Major was issued to him early in the war, but did not reach him until near the close of the war. Capt. Culbertson fired the first shots in defense of the small village of Coffeeville, Mississippi. According to Tilghman's report, "The first shot fired from the Parrott guns of Captain Heddon's battery, under the direction of Capt. Culbertson, chief of artillery of my division, wounded Colonel Mizner and killed his orderly and three men, ..."
He then was a farmer and school teacher near Jackson, Mississippi, 1866-1884.
Culbertson served with the Confederate forces from 1861-1866. He served as a Lieutenant at Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, during the Civil War. He served in the defense of Fort Henry and in the absence of a superior officer, commanded the batteries which engaged the federal gunboats at the siege of Fort Donaldson, where he was captured and held prisoner at Camp Chase and Johnson's Island until exchanged. A commission as Major was issued to him early in the war, but did not reach him until near the close of the war. Capt. Culbertson fired the first shots in defense of the small village of Coffeeville, Mississippi. According to Tilghman's report, "The first shot fired from the Parrott guns of Captain Heddon's battery, under the direction of Capt. Culbertson, chief of artillery of my division, wounded Colonel Mizner and killed his orderly and three men, ..."
He then was a farmer and school teacher near Jackson, Mississippi, 1866-1884.
Graduate of U. S. Military Academy at West Point in 1850. He served in Key West, Florida, in 1850 and became Second Lieutenant of the 4th Artillery 11 December 1850. From 1850-51 he served at Ft. Columbus, New York; from 1851-1852 at Ft. Mackinac, Michigan; from 1852-53, 1853-56 at West Point, New York, being assigned as Assistant Professor of natural and Experimental Philosophy in the Military Academy. He was First Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, 14 February 1856, and resigned 10 January 1857.
Culbertson served with the Confederate forces from 1861-1866. He served as a Lieutenant at Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, during the Civil War. He served in the defense of Fort Henry and in the absence of a superior officer, commanded the batteries which engaged the federal gunboats at the siege of Fort Donaldson, where he was captured and held prisoner at Camp Chase and Johnson's Island until exchanged. A commission as Major was issued to him early in the war, but did not reach him until near the close of the war. Capt. Culbertson fired the first shots in defense of the small village of Coffeeville, Mississippi. According to Tilghman's report, "The first shot fired from the Parrott guns of Captain Heddon's battery, under the direction of Capt. Culbertson, chief of artillery of my division, wounded Colonel Mizner and killed his orderly and three men, ..."
He then was a farmer and school teacher near Jackson, Mississippi, 1866-1884.
Culbertson served with the Confederate forces from 1861-1866. He served as a Lieutenant at Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, during the Civil War. He served in the defense of Fort Henry and in the absence of a superior officer, commanded the batteries which engaged the federal gunboats at the siege of Fort Donaldson, where he was captured and held prisoner at Camp Chase and Johnson's Island until exchanged. A commission as Major was issued to him early in the war, but did not reach him until near the close of the war. Capt. Culbertson fired the first shots in defense of the small village of Coffeeville, Mississippi. According to Tilghman's report, "The first shot fired from the Parrott guns of Captain Heddon's battery, under the direction of Capt. Culbertson, chief of artillery of my division, wounded Colonel Mizner and killed his orderly and three men, ..."
He then was a farmer and school teacher near Jackson, Mississippi, 1866-1884.
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