Breckinridge continued to try to persuade Davis that further resistance would only lead to greater loss of life, but he also felt honor bound to protect the President from harm.

Grundy's influence in the legislature continued to grow, and when John Breckinridge resigned to accept President Thomas Jefferson's appointment as U. S. Attorney General in August 1805, the Senate chose Adair to fill the vacancy.

Breckinridge continued his theatrical career throughout the 1950s, but in small local productions, such as playing the role of The Inquisitor in Richard Bailey's production of The Lark in Carmel.

Breckinridge saw that further resistance on the part of the Confederacy was useless and worked to lay the groundwork for an honorable surrender, even while President Jefferson Davis fiercely desired to continue the fight.

Hardee also counseled retreat, but Breckinridge convinced Bragg to fight it out on the strong position of Missionary Ridge.

Delegates from 11 slave states walked out of the Democratic convention, disagreeing with Douglas's position on popular sovereignty, and ultimately selected John C. Breckinridge as their candidate.

The race put Breckinridge at odds with his uncle, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, who had supported Lincoln.

Unlike other Confederate leaders, such as Robert E. Lee, who claimed obeisance to the will of their states, Breckinridge broke with his state after the Kentucky Legislature voted to remain in the Union.

For his part, Bragg despised Breckinridge and tried to undermine his career with accusations that he was a drunkard.

Following his service with Early's command, Breckinridge took command of Confederate forces in southwestern Virginia in September, where Confederate forces were in great disarray.

Breckinridge went with Davis during the flight from Virginia as the Confederacy collapsed, while also assisting General Joseph E. Johnston in his surrender negotiations with William T. Sherman at Bennett Place.

Breckinridge had ample reason to fear charges of treason ; in 1863, premature rumors of his death prompted the New York Times to print a quite vituperative obituary arguing that Kentucky's decision to stay in the Union denied Breckinridge the notion of states ' rights to justify his siding with the Confederacy.

After a 26-year absence from motion pictures, West appeared as Leticia Van Allen in Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge ( 1970 ) with Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, Farrah Fawcett, and Tom Selleck in a small part.

By the time the principal photography on Caligula was completed, Vidal ( having a previous issue with his involvement in the infamous Myra Breckinridge ) was concerned about being associated with such an out-of-control production.

Writing to Major General Mansfield Lovell, Commander of the lower Mississippi in March 1862, Beauregard recommended, “… the fortification of Port Hudson as a measure of precaution against the fall of our defenses north of Memphis .” In June 1862, Major General Earl Van Dorn wrote Jefferson Davis: “ I want Baton Rouge and Port Hudson ” A few days after the fall of Baton Rouge to the Union, Confederate General John C. Breckinridge with 4, 000 men, carried out the wishes of General Van Dorn by occupying Port Hudson, situated between Baton Rouge and Bayou Sara, with troops under the command of General Daniel Ruggles.

He began his career with bit parts in smaller movies, including Myra Breckinridge and The Seven Minutes.

Myra Breckinridge is an attractive young woman with a mission.

The subplot of Myra Breckinridge revolves around the character of Letitia Van Allen, an aging, sexually voracious talent scout whom Myra meets and befriends at the academy, whose office boasts a four-poster bed and whose kinky sexual practices (" Those small attentions a girl like me cherishes … a lighted cigarette stubbed out on my derrière, a complete beating with his great thick heavy leather belt …") landed her in hospital, " half paralyzed ", at the same time Myra finds herself there towards the end of the novel.

He had disputed the election results of a Congressional race with Clifton R. Breckinridge, a Democrat.

The Democratic Party divided over this issue and split into Southern and Northern factions with each fielding a candidate, John C. Breckinridge and Stephen A. Douglas, respectively.

Still other resistance to Chandler came from a group of more liberal lawmakers like John B. Breckinridge who simply had philosophical differences with the governor.

Bragg attempted to continue the assault with the corps of Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, but the troops were slow in arriving and their multiple piecemeal attacks failed.

At least some of his books are characterized by harsh criticism of almost everyone involved in textual criticism, such as Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield ( 1851 – 1921 ), Archibald Thomas Robertson ( 1863 – 1934 ), Charles Haddon Spurgeon ( 1834 – 1892 ) with the likes of Julius Wellhausen ( 1844 – 1918 ) and Harry Emerson Fosdick ( 1878 – 1969 ).

In the Senate, the resolution passed 30 – 5, with Kentucky senators Breckinridge and Powell voting in the minority.

The VMI Cadet Corps, over half of whom were first year students, or " Rats ", were called to join Breckinridge and his army of 4, 500 veterans.

Although he did not want to use the VMI cadets in battle, Breckinridge requested that Smith send them to reinforce his outnumbered army when Union forces began to move into the valley.

The lower hilly section was developed by John Breckinridge Castleman, a former Confederate army major and leader in creating Louisville's park system.

Breckinridge entered the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War as a brigadier general on November 2, 1861 and on April 14, 1862 became a major general, originally commanding the 1st Kentucky Brigade.

General John C. Breckinridge, the commanding Southern general, held the cadets in reserve and did not use them until Union troops broke through the Confederate lines.

Major General John C. Breckinridge was commanding Confederate forces in the Department of Southwest Virginia during a critical time in the 1864 campaign in the Shenandoah Valley.

Breckinridge survived the attack, but his division suffered heavy casualties.

Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton's division, led by Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, formed the Confederate right, with its flank screened by Brig.

As Hayes's brigade advanced in support, Breckinridge marched Wharton's division to the northeast into a deep ravine that ran perpendicular to the Valley Turnpike.

As Hayes came up the road past the ravine, Breckinridge ordered a charge and the Confederates assaulted Hayes's exposed flank and sent his division reeling in retreat, taking many casualties.

* 1821 – John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States and Confederate general ( d. 1875 )

* January 16 – John C. Breckinridge, United States Vice president and Confederate Secretary of State.

In the summer of 1862, some 2, 600 Confederate troops under generals John C. Breckinridge ( the former Vice President of the United States ) and Daniel Ruggles attempted in vain to regain control of Baton Rouge.

Despite the secession of the Southern states and the formation of the Confederate States of America, Breckinridge remained in the Senate until he felt threatened by the military government of his state and fled Washington to the Confederacy on October 2, 1861.

Breckinridge also commanded the Confederate forces in the defeat at the Battle of Baton Rouge.

Furthermore, Breckinridge felt that Bragg was unfair in his treatment of Kentucky troops in Confederate service, such as the Orphan Brigade.

In early 1864, Breckinridge was brought to the Eastern Theater and put in charge of Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley.

Following a victory outside of Saltville, Breckinridge discovered that some Confederate troops had killed scores of black Union soldiers of the 5th United States Colored Cavalry the morning after the battle, an incident that shocked and angered him.

On February 6, 1865, Breckinridge was made Confederate States Secretary of War, a post he would hold until May 10, 1865, the day Jefferson Davis was captured at the end of the war.

During the chaos of the fall of Richmond in early April 1865, Breckinridge saw to it that the Confederate archives, both government and military, were not destroyed but rather captured intact by the Union forces.

* Two of his other grandsons were US Congressman William Campbell Preston Breckinridge ( 1837-1904 ) and Confederate General John B. Grayson

Receiving word that the Union Army had entered the Valley, Confederate General John C. Breckinridge pulled together all available forces to repulse the latest threat.

The Union troops were withdrawn and Confederate troops under General Breckinridge held the Shenandoah Valley.

Grayson was the grandfather of William Grayson Carter, a Kentucky state senator, and Confederate General John Breckinridge Grayson.

Breckinridge was born in Paris, France to a wealthy California family, the great-great-great-grandson of U. S. Attorney General John Breckinridge ( and the great-grandson of both U. S. Vice President and Confederate general John C. Breckinridge and Wells Fargo Bank founder Lloyd Tevis ).