Griffin, Charles

Life Span
to
Full name
Charles Griffin
Place of Birth
Granville, OH
Burial Place
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
2
Family
Apollos Griffin (father), Permelia Griffin (mother), Sallie Carroll (wife)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Other
Other Education
Kenyon (OH)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Republican
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
- The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee
Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
"Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville
Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forces back entrenched Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville
- The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville
- In fighting around Peeble's Farm, Union forces further tighten to ring around the key town of Petersburg
In Dinwiddie County, Virginia, the Union's Fifth Corps capture a vital crossroads at the Battle of Five Forks
More than a hundred general officers of volunteers are mustered out of the Union Army
The controversial Texas military governor Major General Charles Griffin dies of yellow fever in Galveston.
Reconstruction
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