Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography of GEN. CHARLES S. PEYTON. This biography was submitted by Sandy Spradling, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 284-285 GEN. CHARLES S. PEYTON. Gen. Charles S. Peyton, commanding First Brigade, West Virginia Division, United Confederate Veterans, was born January 21, 1841, in Albemarle county, Virginia. He entered the Confederate service as captain of Company E, Nineteenth Regiment, Virginia Infantry. He lost an arm, August 30, 1862, in the second Manassas battle; was promoted for gallantry to major of the Nineteenth Regiment, Virginia Infantry; was wounded again while leading his regiment with only one arm in Pickett's charge at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. In this charge every field officer of his (Garnett's) brigade except himself was killed or most desperately wounded. Though wounded, and the youngest field officer in age and rank, he was assigned to the command of his brigade. By order of General Pickett he made the only brigade report of that desperate engagement. It is published in the war history authorized by the Government. Promoted again for gallantry to lieutenant-colonel, he served until the close of the war. He is a member of Mike Foster camp, Union, and of David S. Creigh camp, United Confederate Veterans, Lewisburg, W. Va. He resides at Ronceverte, W. Va.