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  1. George Wythe Randolph (March 10, 1818 – April 3, 1867) was a Virginia lawyer, planter, politician and Confederate general. After representing the City of Richmond during the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861, during eight months in 1862 he was the Confederate States Secretary of War during the American Civil War , then served ...

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    • 1831–1839 (USA), 1861–1865 (CSA)
  2. Commissioned a major in the Virginia militia, Randolph rose to the rank of Confederate Brigadier General. In March 1862, he was appointed third Confederate Secretary of War. Randolph soon thereafter found himself in constant conflict with Jefferson Davis.

  3. 22 de dic. de 2021 · George Wythe Randolph was a lawyer, Confederate general, and, briefly, Confederate secretary of war during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The grandson of former U.S. president Thomas Jefferson, Randolph hailed from an elite Virginia family but largely shunned public life until John Brown ‘s raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.

  4. Next, Davis tapped Brigadier General George W. Randolph to succeed Benjamin. Randolph placed more emphasis on organization in the Western theater of the war, and his meticulous organization and strong work ethic increased the efficiency of the War Department.

  5. 20 de abr. de 2024 · Named in honor of George Wythe, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, he was a relative of Edmund Randolph, who served in George Washington's cabinet as the first Attorney General of the United States, as well as colonist William Randolph through both his mother and father's sides of the family.

  6. George Wythe Randolph (March 10, 1818 – April 3, 1867) was a Virginia lawyer, planter, politician and Confederate general. After representing the City of Richmond during the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861, during eight months in 1862 he was the Confederate States Secretary of War during the American Civil War, then served in the ...

  7. 10 de sept. de 2017 · George W. Randolph's Service As Confederate Secretary of War By ARCHER JONES G EORGE WYTHE RANDOLPH (1818-1867) WAS, ACCORDING TO A newspaper obituary, the best secretary of war the Confederate States had, though he served less than eight months. In spite of this contemporary view, Randolph was long sunk in obscurity,