Fletcher H. Archer was a Confederate army officer
and Petersburg mayor. After
earning a law degree from the University of
Virginia and practicing law in his native Petersburg, Archer led a company
of Virginia volunteers during the Mexican War (1846–1848). During the American Civil War (1861–1865), he
served in the infantry
and at the Norfolk Naval Hospital before retiring back to his Petersburg law
practice. In 1864, ho. . .
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