Simon Goodell Griffin

He was raised on his uncle's farm near Roxbury, NH. He farmed and tought school there from age 18. He studied the law and was in the State Legislature in the decade between 1850 and 1860, in which year he was admitted to the Bar. He helped organize - and mustered as Captain of - Company B, 3rd New Hampshire Infantry in June 1861. He was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th New Hampshire infantry in October 1861, and was with the Regiment in North Carolina. He was promoted to Colonel in April 1862.

He commanded the regiment in Maryland.

In 1863 he had a brigade command in the Ninth Corps, which served in Kentucky and at Vicksburg, MS. He was promoted to Brigadier General after action at Spotsylvania, VA in May 1864. He commanded a Division at Petersburg, VA and on to Appomattox Court House. He mustered out of the volunteer service on 24 August 1865.

He spent most of his life in Keene. He was in the State legislature, becoming Speaker of the House. He was twice the Republican nominee for the US Congress, but was not elected. He spent "some years" in development in Texas.

Biographical details from Griffin's own A History of the Town of Keene (1904), published poshumously. His gravesite is on Findagrave. The photo here from a CDV offered for sale by Dave Taylor's Civil War Antiques.

08/09/1824; Nelson, NH

01/14/1902; Keene, NH; burial in Woodland Cemetery, Keene, NH