Andrew J. Grigsby

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Andrew Jackson Grigsby (November 2, 1819 – December 23, 1895) was a Confederate States Army officer in the famed Stonewall Brigade during the American Civil War. Grigsby was also known as both "A. J. Grigsby" and "Arnold J. Grigsby".

Grigsby was born in

, Grigsby took over the brigade.

Grigsby then led the Stonewall Brigade into the

got command of the Stonewall Brigade. Grigsby, who had led the brigade in two major battles, felt that he fully earned a promotion to brigadier general and was outraged at Jackson demoting him back to regimental command. One theory why Grigsby was passed over for promotion was his use of profane language, which displeased the devout and sober Jackson. Grigsby resigned his commission in disgust that November. Jackson did not explain why he was not promoted, but it has been suggested that he disliked the hot-tempered, profane Grigsby and preferred instead to appoint Elisha Paxton, a somber, religious man who was close to him.

Grigsby is reported to have had a testy encounter with Jefferson Davis, when he went to Richmond, Virginia, to protest being passed over for promotion. This resulted in his remaining at home, unemployed in further service, for the rest of the war. After his resignation on November 14, 1862, he served in the CSA House of Representatives for the Kentucky delegation. He died in Stony Point, Virginia, and is buried there in the Gross family cemetery.

References

• ISBN 0-684-85979-3
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• ISBN 978-0-86554-779-7
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• Sifakis, Stewart, Who Was Who in the Civil War (New York: Facts on File, 1988).
• Antietam on the Web biography
• Civil War Interactive Bio
• Reference to Colonel Arnold J Grigsby Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Battles of the war, Civil War Home Archived 2011-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
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