Near Grimesland in Pitt County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Bryan Grimes

1828–1880

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 4, 2012

1. Bryan Grimes Marker

Inscription. Major General, Confederate Army. His service spanned the Peninsula Campaign to Appomattox. Family plantation called “Grimesland,” was here.

Erected 2004 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number F-5.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.

Location. 35° 33.296′ N, 77° 10.533′ W. Marker is near Grimesland, North Carolina, in Pitt County. It is at the intersection of State Highway 33 and Grimes Farm Road (County Road 1569), on the left when traveling west on State Highway 33. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Grimesland NC 27837, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South,

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specifically in the Upper South,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Trinity Cemetery (approx. 4.1 miles away); a different marker also named Trinity Church (approx. 5 miles away); Trinity School (approx. 5.2 miles away); Black Jack (approx. 5½ miles away); Edmund Harding (approx. 6.3 miles away); Lindsay C. Warren (approx. 6.4 miles away); John H. Small (approx. 6½ miles away); C. C. Cambreleng (approx. 6½ miles away).

Other markers no longer nearby. Tranter's Creek (was approx. 4 miles away but has

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 4, 2012

2. Bryan Grimes Marker

been permanently removed); Trinity Church (was approx. 5 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Bryan Grimes. “Bryan Grimes was a North Carolina plantation owner and a general officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He fought in nearly all of the major battles of the Eastern Theater of that war. Grimes was the last man in the Army of Northern Virginia to be appointed by Robert E. Lee as a major general. He also led the final attack of that army shortly before its surrender to Union forces at Appomattox Court House on the morning of April 9, 1865.” (Submitted on February 12, 2012.)

Portrait of Major General Bryan Grimes image. Click for full size.

3. Portrait of Major General Bryan Grimes

North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Digital Library and Archives.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 12, 2012, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,032 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 12, 2012, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.