GRIMES, Bryan

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Confederate

Born: November 2 1828, Pitt City NC

Died: August 14 1880, Pitt City NC

Pre-War Profession: Planter, politician

War Service: 1861 Maj. of 4th North Carolina, Lt. Col., June 1862 Col., Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, May 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Bryan's Bde/Ramseur's Divn in Shenandoah Valley campaign, Cedar Creek, February 1865 Maj. Gen., Fort Stedman, commanded Grimes' Divn/II Corps in Appomattox campaign.

Post War: Farmer, assassinated by an employee of undesirables that Grimes was trying to expel from the county.