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{{Infobox US Cabinet official | name=George Wythe Randolph | image=George Wythe Randolph 1.jpg | order=3rd | title=[[Confederate States Secretary of War]] | term_start=March 24, 1862 | term_end=November 15, 1862 | president=[[Jefferson Davis]] | predecessor=[[Judah P. Benjamin]] | successor=[[James Seddon]] | birth_date={{birth date|1818|3|10|mf=y}} | birth_place=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date={{death date and age|1867|4|3|1818|3|10|mf=y}} | death_place=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]] | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | spouse=Mary Elizabeth Adams | profession=[[Politician]], [[Lawyer]] | religion=[[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]] }} '''George Wythe Randolph''' (March 10, 1818 – April 3, 1867) was a lawyer and the [[Confederate States Secretary of War]] during the [[American Civil War]]. He was also [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s grandson. ==Biography== Randolph was born at [[Monticello]] in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], to [[Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.]], a descendant of [[Pocahontas]], and [[Martha Jefferson Randolph]], the daughter of [[U.S. President]] [[Thomas Jefferson]]. 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. Randolph briefly attended school in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], and served as a [[midshipman]] in the [[United States Navy]]. He attended the [[University of Virginia]] before moving to [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] and becoming a [[lawyer]]. On April 10, 1852, he married [[Mary Elizabeth Adams]] (1830–1871). As the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] was established and the [[United States]] divided into two hostile camps, both sides moved steadily toward open conflict. A special delegation, composed of Randolph, [[William B. Preston]] and [[Alexander H.H. Stuart]], travelled to [[Washington, D.C.]] where they met [[President of the United States|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] on April 12, 1861. Finding the President firm in his resolve to hold the Federal forts then in the South, the three men returned to [[Richmond, Virginia]] on April 15. He joined the Confederate army, serving as a [[Major (United States)|major]] in the [[Battle of Big Bethel]], and was promoted to [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] on February 12, 1862. Randolph was appointed by [[Jefferson Davis]] as [[Confederate States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]] on March 18, 1862, and he took office on March 24, 1862, but resigned on November 17, 1862. Randolph chose exile in Europe after the Confederacy fell. He later returned to Virginia where he died two years later in 1867 from [[pneumonia]]. He is buried in the Jefferson family graveyard at Monticello. He is pictured on the [[Confederate States of America dollar|$100 bill]] of the Confederate States of America. ==External links== *[http://encyclopediavirginia.org/Randolph_George_Wythe_1818-1867 George Wythe Randolph in ''Encyclopedia Virginia''] *{{findagrave|11056}} Retrieved on 2008-02-13 {{start box}} {{S-off}} {{succession box | title=[[Confederate States Secretary of War]]| before = [[Judah P. Benjamin]] | after= [[James Seddon]] | years=March 24, 1862 – November 15, 1862}} {{end box}} {{CSCabinet}} {{Persondata |NAME= Randolph, George W. |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Confederate Army|Army]] [[General officer|general]] |DATE OF BIRTH= March 10, 1818 |PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] |DATE OF DEATH= April 3, 1867 |PLACE OF DEATH= [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Randolph, George W.}} [[Category:1818 births]] [[Category:1867 deaths]] [[Category:American people of Native American descent]] [[Category:Confederate States Cabinet members]] [[Category:Confederate States Army generals]] [[Category:Jefferson family]] [[Category:Randolph family of Virginia]] [[Category:People of Virginia in the American Civil War]] [[Category:19th-century American Episcopalians]] [[Category:American people of English descent]] [[Category:Virginia lawyers]] [[Category:Bolling family]] [[Category:American planters]] [[de:George Wythe Randolph]] [[ja:ジョージ・ランドルフ]] [[nl:George W. Randolph]]
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