Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, he was a successful lawyer when he joined the Confederate Army as a Major in April, 1861. He fought in the Battle of Big Bethel and was promoted Brigadier General on February 12, 1862. In March 1862, he was appointed Secretary of War by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, but resigned from office in November, 1862. He chose exile in Europe after the Confederacy fell and returned to Virginia in early 1867 and died soon after from pneumonia.
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, he was a successful lawyer when he joined the Confederate Army as a Major in April, 1861. He fought in the Battle of Big Bethel and was promoted Brigadier General on February 12, 1862. In March 1862, he was appointed Secretary of War by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, but resigned from office in November, 1862. He chose exile in Europe after the Confederacy fell and returned to Virginia in early 1867 and died soon after from pneumonia.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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Anne Cary Randolph Bankhead
1791–1826
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Col. Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Randolph
1792–1875
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Ellen Wayles Randolph
1794–1795
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Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge
1796–1876
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Cornelia Jefferson Randolph
1799–1871
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Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist
1801–1882
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Mary Jefferson Randolph
1803–1876
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James Madison Randolph
1806–1834
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Dr Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Randolph
1808–1871
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Meriwether Lewis Randolph
1810–1837
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Baby Randolph
1811–1811
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Septimia Anne "Tim" Randolph Meikleham
1814–1887
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