Victor Girardey Military person

Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey (June 26, 1837 – August 16, 1864) was a Confederate States Army 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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Birth dateJune 26, 1837
Birth place
Lauw France
Date of deathAugust 16, 1864
Place of death
Henrico County Virginia
Resting place
Augusta Georgia

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allegianceConfederate States of America
military operations
American Civil War
service start1861
service end1864

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