Charles Griffin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Union general in the American Civil War
Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1825
Place of Birth: Granville, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 15-Sep-1867
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
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 antebellum state officeholders in Texas, replacing them with loyal Unionists.
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