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Charles Griffin

Charles Griffin, American general (died 1876)

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Born
December 18, 1825
Died
September 15, 1867
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1825

About Charles Griffin

Charles Griffin (December 18, 1825 – September 15, 1867) was a career officer in the United States Army and a Union general in the American Civil War. He rose to command a corps in the Army of the Potomac and fought in many of the key campaigns in the Eastern Theater. After the war, he commanded the Department of Texas during Reconstruction. He was an ardent supporter of the Congressional policies of the Radical Republicans and of freedmen's rights, and controversially disqualified a number of state officeholders in Texas who had supported the Confederate States of America, replacing them with loyal Unionists.

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Charles Griffin timeline

  1. Born: December 18, 1825
  2. Died: September 15, 1867

The world when Charles Griffin was born

Charles Griffin was born in 1825. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineErie Canal opens — transforms US commerce
  • Technology milestoneFirst public railway (Stockton & Darlington, England)
  • World population~1.05B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJohn Quincy Adams
  • U.S. population11.0M

1825 versus 2026

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Measure18252026
Population11.0M341 million

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