Goode Bryan | |
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Born | Hancock County, Georgia | August 31, 1811
Died | August 16, 1885 Augusta, Georgia | (aged 73)
Buried | Magnolia Cemetery Augusta, Georgia |
Allegiance | United States of America Confederate States of America |
Service | United States Army Confederate States Army |
Years of service | 1834–1835; 1846–1847 (USA) 1861–1864 (CSA) |
Rank | 2nd Lieutenant (USA) Major (USV) Colonel (Alabama Militia) Brigadier General (CSA) |
Unit | 5th U.S. Infantry 1st Alabama Volunteers (USV) |
Commands | 16th Georgia Infantry Bryan's Brigade |
Battles / wars | Mexican–American War American Civil War |
Goode Bryan (August 31, 1811 – August 16, 1885) was a planter, politician, military officer, and American Civil War general in the Confederate States Army. His brigade played a prominent role during the Battle of the Wilderness, fighting stubbornly until exhausting its ammunition.