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Archibald Gracie III

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202: 189: 239: 585: 290: 705: 569: 226: 279: 421:'s heels while marching, he was challenged to a fight on the parade grounds. When a teacher broke up the fight, which Gracie was losing badly, Green fled, and Gracie refused to tell who he'd been fighting. Days later, Green went into Lee's office to admit his role and demand an equal punishment. Lee decided to punish neither of them, and Gracie and Green became fast friends. 691: 559:
was at "Gracie's Mortar Hell" inspecting Gracie's defenses. When Lee raised his head over the wall to glance at the Union position, Gracie climbed the wall in front of him. Lee then stated, "Why, Gracie, you will certainly be killed." Gracie replied, "It is better, General, that I be killed than you.
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On November 19, 1856, Gracie married Josephine Mayo (1836–1901), daughter of Edward Carrington Mayo (1791–1852) and Adeline Marx (1808–1879). Josephine was the niece of
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Archibald Gracie III was born on December 1, 1832, to Archibald Gracie II (1795–1865), who married Elizabeth Davidson Bethune (d. 1864). He was born into a wealthy
1127: 547:. During this battle, Gracie was shot in the arm, causing temporary paralysis of his little and ring fingers. After his recovery, he was sent to Richmond to join 635:, who laid out the city of Richmond in 1737. Together, the couple had a son and a daughter, who was born the day before Gracie's death. Their children were: 1137: 1084: 1053: 1024: 1132: 832:"Gracie, Archibald" reports that his mother was "a Miss Bethune, of Charleston, S.C."; "Bethune" was also a prominent family in New York. 1122: 656: 573: 82: 417:, at the time of Robert E. Lee's superintendency. Gracie came to Lee's attention when, after intentionally stepping on fellow cadet 493: 367: 632: 207: 676: 584: 1152: 544: 332: 289: 1073: 601: 496:. From March to April 1862, he commanded a small company of sharpshooters, who were some of the first to reinforce 438: 710: 501: 457: 312: 406: 147: 513: 485: 461: 374: 371: 293: 244: 568: 979: 898:
Daly, Maria Lydig; Harold Earl Hammond, and Jean V. Berlin, Diary of a Union Lady, 1861-1865 (2000) pg. 33
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Smith, Derek, The Gallant Dead: Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War (2005) pg. 303
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lines through his telescope when an artillery shell exploded in front of him, killing him instantly.
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Ticknor, Francis Orray and Kate Mason Rowlands, The Poems of Frank O. Ticknor, M.D. (1879) pp. 39-40
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through her father's sister, Maria D. Mayo (1789–1862), and was the great great granddaughter of
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Rebels from West Point: The 306 U.S. Military Academy Graduates Who Fought for the Confederacy
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Rebels from West Point: The 306 U.S. Military Academy Graduates Who Fought for the Confederacy
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In 1857, Gracie resigned his post to join his father's firm, established during the 1840s in
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on November 4, 1862, at the age of 29. His company was the guard of the rear of
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Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year: 1862
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The Gallant Dead: Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War
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Welsh, Jack D., Medical Histories of Confederate Generals (1999) pg. 85
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Between July and December 1864, Gracie served in the trenches of
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Gracie grave marker, fallen off base, since has been restored
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Daly, Maria Lydig; Harold Earl Hammond, and Jean V. Berlin,
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Camp, Archibald Gracie Camp #985, is named in his honor.
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Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.
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History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography
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History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography
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History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography
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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959.
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When Alabama seceded in 1861, Gracie enlisted in the
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of Mobile. It was here in Mobile that he joined the
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Later Gracie became the President of the 1118:Confederate States Army brigadier generals 824:Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, 405:for five years of further studying at the 26: 15: 1092:Medical Histories of Confederate Generals 642:(1858–1912), the famous survivor of the 539:Gracie and his unit then joined General 366:officer, businessman, and a graduate of 744: 1128:United States Military Academy alumni 7: 947: 945: 943: 941: 1068:The Poems of Frank O. Ticknor, M.D. 881: 879: 877: 875: 873: 871: 869: 840: 838: 528:, and during his retreat after the 413:Archibald started his education at 14: 488:. In June 1861, he was created a 468:, Archibald and his men took the 1006:Diary of a Union Lady, 1861-1865 703: 689: 288: 277: 237: 224: 200: 187: 1138:American expatriates in Germany 1048:New York: Facts On File, 1988. 450:banking firm of Baring brothers 370:. He is well known for being a 109: 607:Because of his actions at the 536:, where he lost over 700 men. 1: 1046:Who Was Who in the Civil War. 409:. After arriving back in the 381:and for his death during the 208:Confederate States of America 677:Sons of Confederate Veterans 560:When you get down, I will." 524:during his retreat from the 464:. By the orders of Governor 437:, who was on the way to the 433:and set off as an escort to 1133:United States Army officers 862:. 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New York City
New York
Petersburg, Virginia
Woodlawn Cemetery
The Bronx
New York City
Archibald Gracie IV
Archibald Gracie
Alma mater
University of Heidelberg
West Point
United States of America
Confederate States of America
United States Army
Confederate States Army

Second Lieutenant

Brigadier General
American Civil War
Battle of Yorktown (1862)
Battle of Perryville
Tullahoma Campaign
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Bean's Station
Siege of Petersburg

United States Army
West Point

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