GRIFFITH, Richard

Confederate

Born: January 11 1814, Philadelphia PA

Died: June 29 1862, Richmond VA

Pre-War Profession: Teacher, Mexican War (Jefferson Davis was his commanding officer), banker, US marshal, Mississippi state treasurer.

War Service: May 1861 Col. of 12th Mississippi, November 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded a brigade in Magruder's' Divn on the Peninsula and Seven Days, Savage's Station (mw).

Post War: Griffith was wounded in his thigh by a shell fragment, he was informed that he was fatally wounded and was taken to Richmond, but succumbed to his wounds the same day.