Bruce family

Biographical Note

Charles Bruce (1798-1896) was a plantation owner, Confederate army officer, Virginia state senator, father of United States senator William Cabell Bruce, and brother-in-law of James Seddon, the Confederate secretary of war. After inheriting Staunton Hill plantation in Charlotte County, Virginia, from his father, he became one of the wealthiest tobacco growers in Virginia. In 1861, at his expense, he raised and captained a Confederate artillery battery known as the Staunton Hill Artillery. In 1865 he was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson. He died at Staunton Hill plantation on October 6, 1896.

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