Bryan Grimes Jr.
Born: November 2, 1828
Birth Place: Pitt County, North Carolina
Father: Bryan Grimes Sr. 1793 – 1860
(Buried: Avon Cemetery, Pitt County, North Carolina)
Mother: Nancy Gist 1798 – 1829
(Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina)
1st Wife: Elizabeth Hilliard Davis 1833 – 1857
(Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina)
2nd Wife: Charlotte Emily Bryan 1840 – 1920
(Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina)
Children:
Bryan Grimes III 1852 – 1852
(Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina)
Elizabeth “Betty” Grimes Mordecai 1853 – 1946
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)
Nancy Grimes 1854 - 1854
(Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina)
Alston Grimes 1866 – 1914
(Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina)
John Bryan Grimes 1868 – 1923
(Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina)
Charlotte Bryan Grimes Williams 1869 – 1950
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)
Mary Bryan Grimes Hackett 1871 – 1957
(Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina)
Susan Penelope Grimes 1872 – 1920
(Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina)
William Demise Grimes 1876 – 1932
(Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina)
George Frederick Grimes 1877 – 1880
(Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina)
Junius Daniel Grimes 1878 – 1959
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, North Carolina)
Theodora Bryan Grimes Rodman 1880 – 1939
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, North Carolina)
Education:
1848: Graduated from University of North Carolina
Occupation before War:
Manager and Owner of the Grimesland Family Plantation
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to North Carolina State Secession Convention
1861 – 1862: Major of 4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run
1862: Lt. Colonel of 4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: Injured in the Leg during the Battle of Seven Pines
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: Attacked by Typhoid fever and sent to Raleigh to recuperate
1862: Kicked by his horse near Edwards Ferry
1862: Sent to Winchester, Virginia to camp and recuperate
1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Wounded in the foot during the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863: In charge of the rear guard during the Battle of Gettysburg
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Infantry
1864: Wounded in the leg during the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia
1865: Major General of Confederate Army, Infantry
1865: Suffered from a nervous headache during the Battle of Petersburg
1865: Surrendered and Paroled at Appomattox, Virginia
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1867: Lived in Raleigh, North Carolina
1866: Pardoned by the United States Government
1867 – 1880: Farmer in Grimesland, North Carolina
Trustee of University of North Carolina
Died: August 14, 1880
Place of Death: Pitt County, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Wounding to the left arm and breast
Age at time of Death: 51 years old
Burial Place: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina
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