United States Army and replaced by William L. Sharkey, a respected judge and staunch Unionist who had been in total opposition to secession. Clark was briefly imprisoned at Fort Pulaski near Savannah, Georgia. Clarke was ex officio President of the University of Mississippi Board of Trustees during his tenure as Governor of Mississippi. Despite losing the governorship, he remained on the Board for almost ten years after his term ended. In 1871, he purchased Routhland, an Antebellum mansion in Natchez, Mississippi. Death Clark died in Bolivar County, Mississippi, on December 18, 1877, and was buried at the family graveyard in that county. See also List of Confederate generals List of governors of Mississippi List of heads of government who were later imprisoned References Further reading Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. . Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. . External links Charles Clark at The Political Graveyard 1811 births 1877 deaths 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American politicians Methodists from Mississippi American military personnel of the Mexican–American War American politicians with disabilities Confederate States Army brigadier generals Confederate States of America state governors Confederate militia generals Democratic Party governors of Mississippi Heads of government who were later imprisoned Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives Military personnel from Mississippi Mississippi lawyers Northern-born Confederates People from Bolivar County, Mississippi People from Cincinnati People of Mississippi in the American Civil War Politicians from Natchez, Mississippi Prisoners of war held by the United States Recipients of American presidential pardons Augusta College (Kentucky) alumni