BRYAN, Goode

Confederate

Born: August 31 1811, Hancock Cty GA

Died: August 16 1885, Augusta GA

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1834, resigned 1835, planter, Mexican War

War Service: 1861 aide to President Davis (Col. of cavalry), interim Secretary of State February - March 1862, conscription duties in Georgia, November 1864 Brig. Gen. (rejected by Senate), commanded an infantry brigade in Mercer's Divn at Savannah.

Post War: Lawyer, editor, writer, professor