Chinese general

Here is one I have always wondered about at the airport Panda Express. Finally I get to the bottom of it:

Born on Nov. 10, 1812 in Hunan province and died on Sept. 5, 1885, he was a frighteningly gifted military leader during the waning of the Qing dynasty. He served with brilliant distinction during China's greatest civil war, the 14-year-long Taiping Rebellion, which claimed millions of lives. As a young man he flunked the official court exams three times, a terrible disgrace. He returned home, married and devoted himself to practical studies, like agriculture and geography. He took up silkworm farming and tea farming and chose a gentle sobriquet, calling himself "The Husbandman of the River Hsiang." He was 38 when the Taiping Rebellion broke out in 1850. For the rest of his life, he would wield the sword, becoming one of the most remarkably successful military commanders in Chinese history. He began his military career as an adjutant and secretary for the governor of Hunan province. He raised a force of 5,000 volunteers and took the field in September 1860, driving the Taiping rebels out of Hunan and Guangxi provinces, into coastal Zhejiang. There he captured the big cities of Shaoxing, still famous for its sherrylike rice wine. From there he pushed south into Fujian and Guangdong provinces, where the revolt had first begun and spread, and had crushed the Taipings by the time the rebellion ended in 1864. Chef Peng or T.T Wang of NYC made him more famous starting in 1970's - when they named their dish after him - General Tso's chicken!