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  • Bryan Grimes
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  • Bryan Grimes (November 2, 1828 – August 14, 1880) was a North Carolina plantation owner and a general officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He fought in nearly all of the major battles of the Eastern Theater of that war. Grimes was the last man in the Army of Northern Virginia to be appointed by Robert E. Lee as a major general. He also led the final attack of that army shortly before its surrender to Union forces at Appomattox Court House on the morning of April 9, 1865.
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serviceyears
  • 1861
Birth Date
  • 1828-11-02
Commands
  • 4
Branch
death place
  • Pitt County, North Carolina
Name
  • Bryan Grimes
Caption
  • Bryan Grimes, Jr.
  • photo taken in 1864 or 1865
placeofburial label
  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Pitt County, North Carolina
death date
  • 1880-08-14
Rank
  • 35
Allegiance
  • United States of America
  • Confederate States of America
Battles
laterwork
  • planter, university trustee, writer
placeofburial
  • "Grimesland" plantation, North Carolina
abstract
  • Bryan Grimes (November 2, 1828 – August 14, 1880) was a North Carolina plantation owner and a general officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He fought in nearly all of the major battles of the Eastern Theater of that war. Grimes was the last man in the Army of Northern Virginia to be appointed by Robert E. Lee as a major general. He also led the final attack of that army shortly before its surrender to Union forces at Appomattox Court House on the morning of April 9, 1865.