Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Fauntleroy, Thomas Turner" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. which also reports that it was the CSA that refused to confirm his commission in the Confederate army rather than he refusing to accept it. On the other hand, in his 1995 book, More Generals in Gray, at page 85, historian Bruce S. Allardice agrees with other sources that state that Fauntleroy refused to accept the commission.
