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Archibald Gracie 
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Name GRACIE, Archibald Jr.
Born December 1 1832, New York NY
Died December 2 1864, Petersburg VA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1854, resigned 1856, merchant, Capt. Washington Light Infantry militia, 1861 on the governor's order Gracie seized the Mount Vernon AL arsenal.
War Service 1861 joined 3rd Alabama, July 1861 Maj. in 11th Alabama, 1862 organised 43rd Alabama - Col., served in East Tennessee, Kentucky campaign, November 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Gracie’s Bde/Preston’s Divn at Chickamauga, Knoxville, Bean's Station (w), Petersburg, killed by artillery while observing enemy movements.
Notes Had a poem "Gracie, of Alabama" written after him.
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery Bronx Bronx County New York, USA
Plot: Section 23/24, Catalpa Plot, Lot 971-974

Archibald Gracie, Jr., was born in New York City, New York, on December 1, 1832. Gracie was born into a prominent New York family, and went to Heidelberg, Germany to study.

He graduated from West Point in 1854, and served on the northwestern frontier. In 1856, he resigned from the army, and joined his father in a cotton-brokerage business in Mobile, Alabama. Young Gracie became involved in the state militia.

When the secession crisis began, Gracie's father returned to New York, but Archibald, Jr. remained in Alabama as a militia captain of the Washington Light Infantry. Young Gracie seized the federal arsenal at Mount Vernon, Alabama, under the orders of Alabama Gov. Andrew B. Moore, before the state left the Union.

Gracie and his troops joined the 3d Alabama Infantry, and were sent to Virginia. After being promoted to brigadier general to rank from November 4, 1862, he fought in the Battle of Chickamauga, the Siege of Knoxville and the fighting at Bean's Station, where Gracie was seriously wounded. He recovered, and was assigned to duty under Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, fighting on the Petersburg siege lines.

Gracie was killed by Union artillery on December 2, 1864, while he was observing enemy movements. His father had Gracie's body moved to New York City after the Civil War ended; and Francis O. Ticknor wrote a poem of eulogy, entitled "Gracie, of Alabama."

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