the Battle of Pickett's Mill in May 1864. Govan was captured after a fierce battle at the Battle of Jonesborough on September 1, but was exchanged for George Stoneman on October 2. Govan served the remainder of the war with the Army of Tennessee, participating in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign and then the Carolinas Campaign. He was seriously wounded in his throat on December 16 at Nashville. Govan surrendered in 1865 with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at Greensboro, North Carolina. He was paroled from there on May 1 and was pardoned by the U.S. Government on December 12. Postbellum career Following the war, Govan returned home and resumed farming. He later served as the Indian agent at the Tulalip Agency in the state of Washington in 1894. Govan died in 1911 at the home of one of his children in Memphis, Tennessee. His body was brought to Holly Springs, Mississippi, and was buried at the city's Hillcrest Cemetery. See also List of American Civil War generals (Confederate) Notes References Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, . Wakelyn, Jon L., Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy, Greenwood Press, 1977, . Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Gray: The Lives of the Confederate Commanders, Louisiana State University Press, 1959, . Wright, Marcus J., General Officers of the Confederate Army, J. M. Carroll & Co., 1983, . bonps.org Battle of Nashville Preservation Society site Conf. Order of Battle. 1829 births 1911 deaths University of South Carolina alumni Confederate States Army brigadier generals American Civil War prisoners of war People of Arkansas in the American Civil War People of North Carolina in the American Civil War People of Mississippi in the American Civil War American planters Recipients of American presidential pardons Burials at Hillcrest Cemetery