Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton
Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Missouri from February 18, 1862 until his death in 1863.Biography
Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. He was a member of the Missouri State Senate in 1858. He was a delegate from Missouri in the Provisional Confederate Congress and afterwards was elected to the Confederate States Senate. He also served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army. He died in Bladon Springs, Alabama on September 3, 1863, after catching malaria while defending Vicksburg, Mississippi.
