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{{Short description|Confederate Army general (1811–1885)}}
{{Infobox military person
| name          = Goode Bryan
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1811|8|31}}
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1885|8|16|1811|8|31}}
| birth_place   = [[Hancock County, Georgia]]
| death_place   = [[Augusta, Georgia]]
| placeofburial = Magnolia Cemetery Augusta, Georgia
| image         = Bryan goode.jpg
| caption       = 
| nickname      = 
| allegiance    = {{flagicon|USA|1822}} United States of America<br />{{flagicon|CSA|1863}} [[Confederate States of America]]
| branch        = {{army|USA}}<br>{{army|CSA}}
| serviceyears  = 1834–1835; 1846–1847 (USA)<br />1861–1864 (CSA)
| rank          = [[File:Union army 2nd lt rank insignia.jpg|35px]] 2nd Lieutenant (USA)<br />[[File:Union army maj rank insignia.jpg|35px]] [[Major (United States)|Major]] (USV)<br />[[File:Union Army colonel rank insignia.png|border|35px]] Colonel (Alabama Militia)<br /> [[File:Confederate States of America General-collar.svg|35px]] [[Brigadier General (CSA)]]
| unit          = 5th U.S. Infantry<br>1st Alabama Volunteers (USV)
| commands      = 16th Georgia Infantry<br>Bryan's Brigade
| battles       = [[Mexican–American War]]<br />[[American Civil War]]
* [[Peninsula Campaign]]
* [[Second Battle of Bull Run]]
* [[Battle of Fredericksburg]]
* [[Battle of Chancellorsville]]
* [[Gettysburg Campaign]]
* [[Mine Run Campaign]]
* [[Battle of Chickamauga]]
* [[Overland Campaign]]
* [[Battle of the Wilderness]]
* [[Battle of Cold Harbor]]
* [[Siege of Petersburg]]
| awards        = 
| relations     = 
| laterwork     = 
}}
'''Goode Bryan''' (August 31, 1811 – August 16, 1885) was a planter, politician, military officer, and [[American Civil War]] general in the [[Confederate States Army]]. His [[brigade]] played a prominent role during the [[Battle of the Wilderness]], fighting stubbornly until exhausting its ammunition.

==Early life and career==
Bryan was born in [[Hancock County, Georgia]]. Through his great-great-great-grandmother [[Elizabeth Thynne, Viscountess Weymouth]] he was descended from [[Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset]], [[Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset]] and [[Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset]]. His fourth great grandmomther was [[Elizabeth Sackville, Duchess of Dorset]].<ref>Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy by Jon L. Wakelyn - 1977 pg. 115</ref> He was appointed to the [[United States Military Academy]], graduating 25th of 36 in the Class of 1834. He was appointed a [[brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Second Lieutenant#United States|second lieutenant]] in the 5th U.S. Infantry. However, he resigned his commission after only ten months in the army and moved back to [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] to pursue a vocation as a planter. He later moved to [[Tallapoosa County, Alabama]], and studied law. He briefly entered politics, serving in the [[Alabama]] general assembly in 1843. In June 1846, Bryan joined the 1st Alabama Volunteer Infantry as its [[Major (United States)|major]]. He served in the [[Mexican–American War]], seeing action at a number of battles. After the war, he resumed his law practice before returning to Georgia and farming. He married Anna Twiggs, daughter of a prominent [[Virginia]] [[Planter (American South)|planter]]. In 1859, their daughter Sarah was born.

==Civil War==
Bryan served as a delegate to the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] [[secession]] convention in 1861. Enlisting in the Confederate Army, he was named a [[Captain (land)|captain]] in the 16th Georgia Volunteer Infantry before being promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]]. On February 15, 1862, he became the [[regiment]]'s [[colonel]] and led it during the subsequent [[Peninsula Campaign]], [[Second Battle of Bull Run]], [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg]], [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]], and the [[Gettysburg Campaign]]. During the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], the 16th Georgia was among the troops that were poised for a late attack on a perceived weak spot in the [[Union Army|Union]] line near [[Little Round Top]], but were recalled by [[Lieutenant General (CSA)|Lt. Gen.]] [[James Longstreet]]. To his dying day, Bryan remained bitter, convinced that his men could have moved forward and won the battle.<ref name="goode">CSA, ''Southern History of the War'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=ku8YAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA528 p. 528].</ref>

He was promoted to [[Brigadier General (CSA)|brigadier general]] on August 29, 1863, to replace the deceased [[Paul Jones Semmes]] and commanded the brigade during the [[Mine Run Campaign]]. In September 1863, Bryan's Brigade traveled with James Longstreet to Georgia to reinforce the [[Army of Tennessee]] and they fought in the [[Battle of Chickamauga]] and the [[Knoxville Campaign]]. In the spring of 1864, they returned to the [[Army of Northern Virginia]] before the start of the [[Overland Campaign]]. Bryan fought at [[Battle of Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]] and the beginning of the [[Siege of Petersburg]]. On September 20, 1864, he resigned his commission due to chronic ill health and returned home to Georgia.<ref>Eicher, p. 149.</ref>

==Postbellum activities==
After the war, with his health never again the same, Bryan lived a quiet life in [[Augusta, Georgia]]. Northern visitors remarked in the 1880s that "his manners were impeccable."<ref>Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy by Jon L. Wakelyn - 1977 pg. 115</ref> He helped establish the [[Confederate Survivors Association]], serving as the chairman of its first organizational meeting.

Bryan died in Augusta and was interred in the city's Magnolia Cemetery, where six other Confederate generals are also buried.

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|American Civil War}}
* [[List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)]]
* [[List of signers of the Georgia Ordinance of Secession]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* Confederate States of America. [https://archive.org/details/southernhistoryo00con ''Southern History of the War. Official Reports of Battles, as Published by Order of the Confederate Congress in Richmond'']. New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1863. {{OCLC|2638662}}.
* Eicher, John H., and [[David J. Eicher]]. ''Civil War High Commands''. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-8047-3641-3}}.
* [[Clement A. Evans|Evans, Clement A.]], ed. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=publisher%3A%22Confederate%20Pub.%20Co.%22 ''Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History'']. 12 vols. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Company, 1899. {{OCLC|833588}}.
* Gottfried, Bradley M. ''Brigades of Gettysburg''. New York: Da Capo Press, 2002. {{ISBN|0-306-81175-8}}.
* Sifakis, Stewart. ''Who Was Who in the Civil War''. New York: Facts On File, 1988. {{ISBN|978-0-8160-1055-4}}.
* [[Ezra J. Warner (historian)|Warner, Ezra J.]] ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders''. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. {{ISBN|978-0-8071-0823-9}}.

==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|8960}}

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