GRIMES, Bryan
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.