was past the age of 70 and in poor health. He resigned his commission before he could assume any active duty. He was succeeded by Maj. Gen. Mansfield Lovell in the command of New Orleans, and retired on October 11, 1861. Death and burial Twiggs died of pneumonia in Augusta, Georgia on July 15, 1862. He is buried in Twiggs Cemetery, also known as the Family Burying Ground, on Good Hope Plantation in Richmond County, Georgia. See also List of American Civil War generals (Confederate) Notes References Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . New York Times, March 4, 1861 Silkenat, David. Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019. . 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. . Winters, John D. The Civil War in Louisiana. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963. . External links Reenactment of Twiggs's Surrender in San Antonio David Emanuel Twiggs in A Continent Divided: The U.S.-Mexico War, Center for Greater Southwestern Studies, the University of Texas at Arlington 1790 births 1862 deaths People from Richmond County, Georgia United States Army generals American military personnel of the Mexican–American War Members of the Aztec Club of 1847 United States Army personnel of the War of 1812 Confederate States Army major generals People of Texas in the American Civil War People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War Jewish Confederates People of the Creek War