Question: Facts:   - caption: samuel army w. ferguson , brigadier general in the confederate    - placeofburial label: place if burial    - battles: utah war american civil war    - death date: 3 february 1917    - allegiance: united states of america confederate states of america    - commands: 5th south carolina cavalry regiment 28th mississippi cavalry regiment    - rank: lieutenant -lrb- usa -rrb- brigadier general    - placeofburial: greenwood cemetery      - birth date: 3 november 1834    - serviceyears: 1857 -lrb- csa -rrb- -- 61 -lrb- usa -rrb- 1861 -- 65    - name: samuel wragg ferguson    - laterwork: president commissioners of the united states board of mississippi river    - image: brigadier general samuel wragg ferguson.jpg    - death place: jackson , mississippi    - birth place: charleston , south carolina   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of samuel w. ferguson .
Answer:
samuel wragg ferguson -lrb- november 3 , 1834 -- february 3 , 1917 -rrb- was a career united states army officer , a cavalryman , and a graduate of west point .he is best known for being a confederate brigadier general during the american civil war .