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'''James Camp Tappan''' (September 9, 1825 – March 19, 1906) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 32nd [[List of Speakers of the Arkansas House of Representatives|speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives]] from 1897 to 1899. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he was a member of the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]] from [[Phillips County, Arkansas|Phillips County]] (1850–1852 and 1893–1897). He also served as a senior [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] of the [[Confederate States Army]] in the [[Western Theater of the American Civil War|Western]] and [[Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War|Trans-Mississippi]] theaters of the [[American Civil War]].
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At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Tappan's sympathies lay with the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] cause (despite his Northern parents), and he joined the Confederate army. In May 1861 he received a commission as [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] of the [[13th Arkansas Infantry]]. He commanded his regiment at the [[Battle of Belmont]] and made repeated charges on the "Hornet's Nest" at the [[Battle of Shiloh]]. After Shiloh, he took part in the [[Kentucky Campaign]] and fought at the battles of [[Battle of Richmond|Richmond]] and [[Battle of Perryville|Perryville]].
On November 5, 1862, Tappan received his commission as a [[Brigadier general|brigadier-general]] and was transferred to the [[Trans-Mississippi Department]] under Major-General [[Sterling Price]]. He commanded his [[brigade]] at the [[Battle of Pleasant Hill]], defending against [[Major General|Maj. Gen.]] [[Nathaniel Banks]]' [[Red River Campaign]] of 1864. His brigade was moved northward back into Arkansas to meet Major-General [[Frederick Steele]] at the [[Battle of
== Later life ==
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