Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey

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Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey (born June 26, 1837 in Lauw , France , † August 16, 1864 in Virginia ) was a Brigadier General of the Confederate States of America in the Civil War .

Life

Girardey, who was born in Lauw, Alsace, in today's Haut-Rhin , emigrated with his parents to the United States, where the family settled in Augusta , Georgia . At the age of 16 he moved to New Orleans , finished his education and married.

At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he joined the Army of the South and became the rank of 1st Lieutenant third Georgia - Regiment allocated. In 1862 Girardey, now with the rank of captain , was transferred to Virginia . Here he served on the staff of Brigadier General Ambrose Ransom Wright , whose adjutant he became. In May 1864 he was transferred to the staff of Brigadier General William Mahone . During the siege of Petersburg , Virginia, which lasted from June 15 to April 2, 1865 , Girardey planned and organized the implementation of a counterattack on July 30, 1864 to push back the growing siege ring of the Union Army . In the crater battle that followed immediately , the Union troops lost around 4,000 men. After the successful completion of this operation and his merits in 1862 and 1863, he was appointed Brigadier General.

On August 16, just 17 days after his promotion, Girardey was killed near Lint Mill while commanding Wright's brigade .

See also

Literature / sources

  • David J. Eicher: The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography , University of Illinois, 1997, ISBN 0-252-02273-4 .
  • Richard N. Current: Encyclopedia of the Confederacy (1993) (4 vol.) ( ISBN 0132759918 )
  • John H. Eicher & David J. Eicher: Civil War High Commands , Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3 .
  • Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders , Louisiana State University Press, 1959, ISBN 0-8071-0823-5 .

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SURNAME Girardey, Victor Jean Baptiste
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Confederate General in the American Civil War
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauw , France
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1864
Place of death Virginia