Goode Bryan
Born: August 31, 1811
Father: Joseph Bryan 1768 – 1861
(Buried: Mount Zion Church Cemetery, Hancock County, Georgia)
Mother: Ann Goode 1777 – 1837
(Buried: Mount Zion Church Cemetery, Hancock County, Georgia)
1st Wife: Francis Maria Myers 1822 – 1850
(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
2nd Wife: Anna Elizabeth Twiggs 1828 – 1884
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Children:
Joseph Henry Bryan 1855 – 1858
George Twiggs Bryan 1857 – 1935
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Sarah Bryan 1859 –
Annie G. Bryan Stewart 1861 - 1885
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Rebecca Holt Bryan Capers 1869 – 1931
(Buried: Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Texas)
Education:
1834: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (25th in class)
Occupation:
1834 – 1835: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 5th Infantry Regiment
1835: Resigned from United States Army on April 30th
1835 – 1839: Assistant Engineer Augusta & Athens Railroad Co.
1839 – 1846: Planter in Alabama
1842 – 1846: Colonel in Alabama State Militia
1843 – 1844: Alabama State Representative
1846 – 1847: Major 1st Alabama Volunteers during Mexican War
1847 – 1849: Planter in Alabama
1849 – 1853: Planter in Jefferson County, Georgia
1853 – 1861: Planter in Richmond County, Georgia
1853 – 1861: Captain in Georgia State Militia
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Georgia State Secession Convention
1861 – 1862: Captain in 16th Georgia Infantry
1862: Lt. Colonel of 16th Georgia Infantry
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 16th Georgia Infantry
1862: Participated in the Peninsula Campaign
1862: Participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run
1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chancellorsville
1863: Participated in the Battle of Gettysburg
1863 – 1864: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army Infantry
1863: Participated in Mine Run Campaign
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chickamuga
1863: Participated in the Knoxville Campaign
1864: Participated in the Battle of Cold Harbor
1864: Participated in the beginning of Petersburg Siege
1864: Resigned his commission due to ill chronic health problems
Occupation after War:
1864 – 1885: Farmer in Augusta, Georgia
Helped organize the Confederate Survivors Association
Died: August 16, 1885
Place of Death: Augusta, Georgia
Cause of Death: Paralysis
Age at time of Death: 73 years old
Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia
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