Francis Hawkes Cameron served as a Lieutenant in the Confederate States Marine Corps. He was commisioned a 2nd Lt on 20 Sept 1861 in the CSMC. The photo shows him wearing his blue coat which he wore as a member of the US Coast Survey from 1859-1861. Cameron added the Austrian sleeve knots after joining the Confederacy.
His Obituary on 2 April 1900:
1 April, The Sun, Richmond, VA:
Gen. Francis Hawkes Cameron, a well-known citizen of Raleigh, N. C., who recently came to this city, died at the residence of Mrs. F. H. Cameron, 315 West Franklin street, last night after a lingering illness of several days. The immediate cause of his death was Bright's disease. Gen. Francis Hawkes Cameron was born in North Carolina June 1, 1837, and until recently was general agent for North Carolina for the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, with headquarters in Raleigh. He came to Richmond in 1899 to assume an office at the headquarters here. General Cameron is survived by a widow and six children.
General Cameron was Adjuitant General of North Carolina under the last Democratic administration. He was a veteran and served with distinction.
The rank of General appears to be in reference to his joining the Raleigh Light Infantry AFTER the war.
Read about him here: http://books.google.com/books/reader?id=wkYTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA357
His Obituary on 2 April 1900:
1 April, The Sun, Richmond, VA:
Gen. Francis Hawkes Cameron, a well-known citizen of Raleigh, N. C., who recently came to this city, died at the residence of Mrs. F. H. Cameron, 315 West Franklin street, last night after a lingering illness of several days. The immediate cause of his death was Bright's disease. Gen. Francis Hawkes Cameron was born in North Carolina June 1, 1837, and until recently was general agent for North Carolina for the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, with headquarters in Raleigh. He came to Richmond in 1899 to assume an office at the headquarters here. General Cameron is survived by a widow and six children.
General Cameron was Adjuitant General of North Carolina under the last Democratic administration. He was a veteran and served with distinction.
The rank of General appears to be in reference to his joining the Raleigh Light Infantry AFTER the war.
Read about him here: http://books.google.com/books/reader?id=wkYTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA357
Francis Hawkes Cameron served as a Lieutenant in the Confederate States Marine Corps. He was commisioned a 2nd Lt on 20 Sept 1861 in the CSMC. The photo shows him wearing his blue coat which he wore as a member of the US Coast Survey from 1859-1861. Cameron added the Austrian sleeve knots after joining the Confederacy.
His Obituary on 2 April 1900:
1 April, The Sun, Richmond, VA:
Gen. Francis Hawkes Cameron, a well-known citizen of Raleigh, N. C., who recently came to this city, died at the residence of Mrs. F. H. Cameron, 315 West Franklin street, last night after a lingering illness of several days. The immediate cause of his death was Bright's disease. Gen. Francis Hawkes Cameron was born in North Carolina June 1, 1837, and until recently was general agent for North Carolina for the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, with headquarters in Raleigh. He came to Richmond in 1899 to assume an office at the headquarters here. General Cameron is survived by a widow and six children.
General Cameron was Adjuitant General of North Carolina under the last Democratic administration. He was a veteran and served with distinction.
The rank of General appears to be in reference to his joining the Raleigh Light Infantry AFTER the war.
Read about him here: http://books.google.com/books/reader?id=wkYTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA357
His Obituary on 2 April 1900:
1 April, The Sun, Richmond, VA:
Gen. Francis Hawkes Cameron, a well-known citizen of Raleigh, N. C., who recently came to this city, died at the residence of Mrs. F. H. Cameron, 315 West Franklin street, last night after a lingering illness of several days. The immediate cause of his death was Bright's disease. Gen. Francis Hawkes Cameron was born in North Carolina June 1, 1837, and until recently was general agent for North Carolina for the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, with headquarters in Raleigh. He came to Richmond in 1899 to assume an office at the headquarters here. General Cameron is survived by a widow and six children.
General Cameron was Adjuitant General of North Carolina under the last Democratic administration. He was a veteran and served with distinction.
The rank of General appears to be in reference to his joining the Raleigh Light Infantry AFTER the war.
Read about him here: http://books.google.com/books/reader?id=wkYTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA357
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