Richard Griffith (1814 - 1862)

Born 11 Jan 1814 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Sallie Ann Eliza (Whitfield) Baley — married 1846 in Hinds, Mississippi, United States

Died 29 Jun 1862 at age 48 in Richmond, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Richard Griffith was a veteran of the Mexican-American War, Colonel of the 12th Mississippi Infantry and a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Savage's Station during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign.^[1]

"During the Peninsula campaign, and up to the seven days' fight in front of Richmond, General Griffith, of Jackson, Mississippi, commanded the brigade. On the morning of the Battle of Savage's Station, while we were driving the enemy before us along the railroad track, he was struck by a shell from one of the enemy's guns - fell from his horse and died in a few hours. A good man, a true patriot, and a gallant officer."^[2]

Husband of Sallie Ann Eliza Whitfield. Final resting place in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Richard Griffith, Wikipedia: Richard_Griffith_(general), accessed January 19, 2020.
2. ↑ Barksdale-Humphreys Mississippi Brigade, The Confederate Veteran Magazine (Nashville, Tennessee, 1893) Vol 1, W Gart Johnson, 18th Mississippi Infantry, Page 206.
3. ↑ Richard Griffith, Find A Grave: Memorial #10885, accessed January 19, 2020.

See also:

• Information, Public (2009-01-09). "Mississippi Hall of Fame". www.mdah.ms.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-27.

• Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Griffing to Grime". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2017-01-27.

• Smith, Derek (2005). The Gallant Dead: Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War. Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-0132-8.

• Davis, Jefferson (1881). The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. University of Michigan: D. Appleton and Co.

• Sears, Stephen W. (1998). Chancellorsville. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-87744-X.

• Information, Public (2009-01-09). "Mississippi Hall of Fame". www.mdah.ms.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-27.

• Davis, Jefferson (1881). The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. University of Michigan: D. Appleton and Co.

• Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.

• Sears, Stephen W. (1998). Chancellorsville. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-87744-X.

• Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 978-0-8160-1055-4.

• Smith, Derek (2005). The Gallant Dead: Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War. Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-0132-8.

• Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9.

• https://www.geni.com/people/Brig-General-Richard-Griffith-CSA/6000000007509922757 - "mortally wounded in the Battle of Savage's Station"