Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios: Charles GRIFFIN (published 1907)
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   COMPLETE TITLE OF THIS BOOK IS:
   
   Official Portfolio of War and Nation
   
   "A Graphic and Pictorial History Prepared Directly from the Government
   Records in the Departments of War and Statistics"
   
   "Story, Complete And Official, Of All The Political Issues, Campaigns,
   Engagements, and Heroic Episodes Of The Titanic And Dreadful Conflict
   Between the states on land and sea .. .. .."
   
   "Leaders Of The North And South, Fraternizing Under The Symbol Of
   Indestructible Union, Submit This Work As Their Impartial Report of
   the War, its conception, prosecution, and results"
   
   "Accompanied by the complete, superb collection of the famous war
   pictures."
   
   "drawn upon the spot by the Government's great artists of that time
   BAKER WEVILL NEWTON WAND
   CRANE SUNORIS RAWSON HEILLEN
   BEARD OSBORN RUSSELL BECKER
   SCHELL WILCOX SARTONS LOVIE
   LUMBERG WEAVER CHAMBERLAIN DAVIS
   FORBES BOSSE TAYLOR
   
   "Narrative and descriptive by John Clark Ridpath, Rossiter Johnson,
   General Fitzhugh Lee, General John T. Morgan, George L. Kilmer and
   General Joseph B. Carr."
   
   "Carefully edited by General Marcus F. Wright of the War Department
   Washington, D. C."
   
   608 pages
   Copyright. 1907 BY G. F. Stanley
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                               GRIFFIN
p.580

   GRIFFIN, GEN. CHARLES, born in Ohio, 1826. Graduated at West Point.
Served in Mexican war and against Navajo Indians. Instructor at West
Point, 1859-61. Commanded a division at Malvern Hill, second Bull Run,
Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and in Wilderness campaign. At Lee's 
surrender received arms and colors of Army of Northern Virginia.   Brevetted 
brigadier and major-general in regular army. Commanded district of Maine. 
Transferred to Texas, and died of yellow fever at Galveston, September 15, 
1867.