Major General Charles Griffin in the Civil War

Significant General Charles Griffin in the Civil War Charles Griffin - Early Life Career: Conceived December 18, 1825 at Granville, OH, Charles Griffin was the child of Apollos Griffin.â Receiving his initial instruction locally, he later went to Kenyon College.â Desiring a profession in the military, Griffin effectively looked for an arrangement to the US Military Academy in 1843.â Arriving at West Point, his colleagues included A.P. Slope, Ambrose Burnside, John Gibbon, Romeyn Ayres, and Henry Heth.â A normal understudy, Griffin graduated in 1847 positioned twenty-third in a class of thirty-eight.â Commissioned a brevet second lieutenant, he got requests to join the second US Artillery which was occupied with the Mexican-American War.â Traveling south, Griffin partook in the last activities of the conflict.â Promoted to first lieutenant in 1849, he traveled through different assignments on the wilderness. Charles Griffin - The Civil War Nears: Seeing activity against the Navajo and other Native American clans in the Southwest, Griffin stayed on the outskirts until 1860.â Returning east with the position of chief, he accepted another post as a teacher of big guns at West Point.â In mid 1861, with the severance emergency pulling the country separated, Griffin sorted out a mounted guns battery involved enrolled men from the academy.â Ordered south after the Confederate assault on Fort Sumter in April and the start of the Civil War,â Griffins West Point (Battery D, fifth US Artillery) joined Brigadier General Irvin McDowells powers which were gathering at Washington, DC. Marching out with the military that July, Griffins battery was intensely drawn in during the Union annihilation at the First Battle of Bull Run and supported vigorously setbacks. Charles Griffin - To the Infantry: In the spring of 1862, Griffin moved south as a major aspect of Major General George B. McClellans Army of the Potomac for the Peninsula Campaign.â During the early piece of the development, he drove the big guns appended to Brigadier General Fitz John Porters division of III Corps and saw activity during the Siege of Yorktown.â On June 12, Griffin got an advancement to brigadier general and took order of an infantry unit in Brigadier General George W. Morells division of Porters recently shaped V Corps.â With the start of the Seven Days Battles in late June, Griffin performed well in his new job during the commitment at Gaines Mill and Malvern Hill.â With the disappointment of the crusade, his unit moved back to northern Virginia however was held for possible later use during the Second Battle of Manassas in late August.â A month later, at Antietam, Griffins men were again part of the hold and didn't see significant activity.   Charles Griffin - Divisional Command: That fall, Griffin supplanted Morell as division commander.â Though having a troublesome character that frequently caused issues with his bosses, Griffin was soon darling by his men.â Taking his new order into fight at Fredericksburg on December 13, the division was one of a few entrusted with ambushing Maryes Heights.â Bloodily rebuffed, Griffins men had to fall back.â He held order of the division the next year after Major General Joseph Hooker accepted initiative of the army.â In May 1863, Griffin partook in the initial facing at the Conflict of Chancellorsville.â In the weeks after the Union destruction, he became sick and had to leave his division under the transitory order of Brigadier General James Barnes. During his nonappearance, Barnes drove the division at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2-3.â over the span of the battling, Barnes performed ineffectively and Griffins appearance in camp during the last phases of the fight was cheered by his men.â That fall, he coordinated his division during the Bristoe and Mine Run Campaigns.â With the redesign of the Army of the Potomac in the spring of 1864, Griffin held order of his division as administration of V Corps went to Major General Gouverneur Warren.â As Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Award started his Overland Campaign that May, Griffins men immediately observed activity at the Battle of the Wilderness where they conflicted with Lieutenant General Richard Ewells Confederates.â Later that month, Griffins division participated in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. As the military pushed south, Griffin assumed at key job at Jericho Mills on May 23 preceding being available for the Union thrashing at Cold Harbor seven days later.â Crossing the James River in June, V Corps partook in Grants ambush against Petersburg on June 18.â With the disappointment of this assault, Griffins men subsided into the attack lines around the city.â As the late spring advanced into fall, his division took part in a few tasks intended to broaden the Confederate lines and cut off the railways into Petersburg.â Engaged at the Battle of Peebles Farm in late September, he performed well and earned a brevet advancement to significant general on December 12. Charles Griffin - Leading V Corps: Toward the beginning of February 1865, Griffin drove his division at the Battle of Hatchers Run as Grant squeezed towards the Weldon Railroad.â On April 1, V Corps was appended to a consolidated rangers infantry power entrusted with catching the basic junction of Five Forks and drove by Major General Philip H. Sheridan.â In the subsequent fight, Sheridan got irritated with Warrens sluggish developments and mitigated him for Griffin.â The loss of Five Forks traded off General Robert E. Dregs position in Petersburg and the following day Grant mounted an enormous scope attack on the Confederate lines driving them to desert the city.â Ably driving V Corps in the subsequent Appomattox Campaign, Griffin helped in seeking after the foe west and was available for Lees give up on April 9.â With the finish of the war, he got an advancement significant general on July 12.  Charles Griffin - Later Career:   Given authority of the District of Maine in August, Griffins rank returned to colonel in the peacetime armed force and he acknowledged order of the 35th US Infantry.â In December 1866, he was given oversight of Galveston and the Freedmens Bureau of Texas.â Serving under Sheridan, Griffin before long got trapped in Reconstruction governmental issues as he attempted to enroll white and African American voters and upheld the pledge of faithfulness as a prerequisite for jury selection.â Increasingly discontent with Governor James W. Throckmortons merciful mentality towards previous Confederates, Griffin persuaded Sheridan to have him supplanted with steadfast Unionist Elisha M. Pease.  In 1867, Griffin got requests to supplanted Sheridan as administrator of the Fifth Military District (Louisiana and Texas).â Before he could withdraw for his new central command in New Orleans, he became sick during a yellow fever scourge that moved through Galveston.â Unable to recoup, Griffin kicked the bucket on September 15.â His remaining parts were moved north and entombed at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, DC. Chosen Sources TSHA: Major General Charles GriffinHistory Central: Charles GriffinFind a Grave: Charles Griffin