Record #:

15229

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

General Bryan Grimes was born 1828 in Grimesland, Pitt County. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1848 and was a member of the Convention which adopted the Ordinance of Secession in 1861. He was promoted to Colonel in 1862 and had a great career. Although injured several times, the war could not kill him, but an assassin did.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 23, Nov 1939, p5, 22, 28, por

Subject(s):

Grimes, Bryan, 1828-1880