Victor Girardey

Military Person

1837 – 1864

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Who was Victor Girardey?

Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey was a Confederate States Army staff officer during the American Civil War. He was promoted from captain to temporary brigadier general less than a month before his death in battle. Girardey had served as a staff officer from the beginning of the war until August 3, 1864. Then, he was promoted to temporary brigadier general, to rank from July 30, 1864, and assumed command of Ambrose R. Wright's former brigade on the Darbytown Road on the eastern end of the defenses of Richmond, Virginia. On August 16, 1864, during the Second Battle of Deep Bottom, Girardey was killed in action near Fussell's Mill in Henrico County, Virginia.

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Born
Jun 26, 1837
Lauw
Nationality
  • Confederate States of America
Died
Aug 16, 1864
Henrico County

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on July 23, 2013

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