He later served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army (CSA) during the American Civil War. Taken as a prisoner of war on the first morning of the Battle of Gettysburg, Archer was the first general officer captured from Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

The battle-field of Gettysburg. McPherson's woods in which Archer's Confederate Brigade was captured, view of the side towards the Chambersburg pike. [Photographed 1863, printed between 1880 and 1889] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012646949/>.

Aug 16, 2008 · General Archer was captured by Federals from the 2nd Wisconsin as the Brigade fell back out of the woods and over the run. Caught on three sides by the rapid advance of the Federals, along with 75 other Confederates, Archer was …

Jul 24, 2012 · Taken as a prisoner of war on the first morning of the Battle of Gettysburg, Archer was the first general officer captured from Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Archer was born at Stafford, near Havre de Grace, Maryland, to a wealthy military family.

Archer was captured in the initial fighting with the Union Iron Brigade along Willoughby Run, the first general officer of the Army of Northern Virginia to be captured in the war. Colonel Birkett D. Fry of the 13th Alabama Infantry then took command.

Dec 6, 2013 · Approximately a year after being captured at Gettysburg, Archer was transferred back to Fort Delaware to be among the 600 Confederate officers that would be sent to Sullivan’s Island outside Charleston, South Carolina.

On the first day at Gettysburg he was picked up by an Irishman from the Union's Iron Brigade, becoming the first general captured from the Army of Northern Virginia since Lee took command. While imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio, Archer let the Confederate War Department know through a paroled prisoner that the guards could be overwhelmed ...

Apr 1, 2020 · Most of the approximately 5,000 Confederate prisoners who were captured at Gettysburg, including Brigadier General James J. Archer, were sent to Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island, just south of Wilmington in the middle of the Delaware River.

Mar 5, 2002 · When Archer's Confederates renewed the attack across Willoughby Run, Union troops of Meredith's Iron Brigade, arriving opportunely, struck the flank of the Confederates, routing them and capturing close to 100 men, including General Archer.

McPherson's woods in which Archer's (Confederate) Brigade was captured, view of the side towards the Chambersburg pike. 1 photographic print on card mount : albumen. | Photograph shows photographer Mathew Brady standing in the field.