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LTC James Read Branch

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LTC James Read Branch Veteran

Birth
Pocahontas, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA
Death
2 Jul 1869 (aged 40)
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Lieutenant colonel, Confederate Army, Civil War; a banker, he headed Thomas Branch and Sons in Richmond; a Radical Republican candidate for the Virginia Senate in 1869, he was killed four days before the election when a temporary bridge leading to a campaign barbecue on an island in the James River collapsed into the river.
Lieutenant colonel, Confederate Army, Civil War; a banker, he headed Thomas Branch and Sons in Richmond; a Radical Republican candidate for the Virginia Senate in 1869, he was killed four days before the election when a temporary bridge leading to a campaign barbecue on an island in the James River collapsed into the river.


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