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Charles Griffin
1825 Dec, 18

Charles Griffin

Charles Griffin, American general (d. 1876)
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 antebellum state officeholders in Texas, replacing them with loyal Unionists.

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Events on 1825

  • 27 Jan

    Indian Territory

    The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".
  • 2 Mar

    Capture of the El Mosquito

    Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
  • 4 Jun

    Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States

    General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
  • 11 Jun

    Fort Hamilton

    The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
  • 22 Jun

    Seigneurial system of New France

    The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.