Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton

Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton (February 8, 1822 – September 3, 1863) was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. He was a member of the Missouri State Senate in 1858. During the Civil War, he served as a colonel in the Confederate Army. He was a delegate from Missouri in the Provisional Confederate Congress and afterwards was elected to the Confederate States Senate. Peyton died in Bladon Springs, Alabama on September 3, 1863 after catching malaria while defending Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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Preceded by (none)	Representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress from Missouri 1862	Succeeded by (none)
Preceded by (none)	Confederate States Senator from Missouri February 18, 1862 – September 3, 1863	Succeeded by Waldo P. Johnson

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