the Web site biography of Van Dorn. Correspondences of Earl Van Dorn during the American Civil War – held in the Walter Havighurst Special Collections, Miami University 1820 births 1863 deaths People from Claiborne County, Mississippi American people of Dutch descent Confederate States Army major generals People of Mississippi in the American Civil War United States Army officers United States Military Academy alumni American military personnel of the Mexican–American War Members of the Aztec Club of 1847 American people of the Seminole Wars People murdered in Tennessee Deaths by firearm in Tennessee Cavalry commanders 19th-century American people