Background
BRYAN, Goode was born on August 31, 1811 in Hancock County, Georgia, United States, United States. Son of Joseph and Anne (Goode) Bryan.
BRYAN, Goode was born on August 31, 1811 in Hancock County, Georgia, United States, United States. Son of Joseph and Anne (Goode) Bryan.
He later moved to Tallapoosa County, Alabama, and studied law.
His brigade played a prominent role during the Battle of the Wilderness, fighting stubbornly until exhausting its ammunition. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy, graduating 25th of 36 in the Class of 1834. He was appointed a brevet second lieutenant in the 5th United States. Infantry.
However, he resigned his commission after only ten months in the army, and moved back to Georgia to pursue a vocation as a planter.
He briefly entered politics, serving in the Alabama general assembly in 1843. In June 1846, Bryan joined the 1st Alabama Volunteer Infantry as its major.
He served in the Mexican-American War, seeing action at a number of battles. After the war, he resumed his law practice before returning to Georgia and farming.
Bryan served as a delegate to the Georgia secession convention in 1861.
Enlisting in the Confederate Army, he was named a captain in the 16th Georgia Volunteer Infantry before being promoted to lieutenant colonel. On February 15, 1862, he became the regiment"s colonel and led it during the subsequent Peninsula Campaign, Second Battle of Bulletin Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and the Gettysburg Campaign. During the Battle of Gettysburg, the 16th Georgia was among the troops that were poised for a late attack on a perceived weak spot in the Union line near Little Round Top, but were recalled by Lieutenant
General
James Longstreet. He was promoted to brigadier general on August 29, 1863, to replace the deceased Paul Jones Semmes and commanded the brigade during the Mine Run Campaign. In September 1863, Bryan"s Brigade traveled with James Longstreet to Georgia to reinforce the Army of Tennessee and they fought in the Battle of Chickamauga and the Knoxville Campaign.
In the spring of 1864 they returned to the Army of Northern Virginia before the start of the Overland Campaign. Bryan fought at Cold Harbor and the beginning of the Siege of St. Petersburg.
On September 20, 1864, he resigned his commission due to chronic ill health and returned home to Georgia.
After the war, with his health never again the same, Bryan lived a quiet life in Augusta, Georgia. He helped establish the Confederate Survivors Association, serving as the chairman of its first organizational meeting. Bryan died in Augusta and was interred in the city"s Magnolia Cemetery, where six other Confederate generals are also buried.
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