Major Nicholas Bayard Clinch (1832 to 15 March 1888) [1] was a commander in the army of Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, as well as a planter and inventor.
[3][4] His father was Brevet General Duncan Lamont Clinch, Sr., a veteran of the War of 1812, Indian fighter, planter, and public servant.
[6] His older brother was Duncan L. Clinch, Jr, colonel of 4th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry, Provisional Army of the Confederate States.
[7] His sister, Eliza Bayard Clinch was the wife of General Robert Anderson, the Union commander who defended Fort Sumter in April 1861.
His wounds were considered mortal,[17] but he was eventually taken to a hospital at Beaufort, SC,[18] where he struggled between life and death for three months, undergoing multiple surgeries.