Hiram B. Granbury

Hiram Bronson Granbury (March 1, 1831 – November 30, 1864) was a lawyer and county judge in Texas before the American Civil War. He organized a volunteer company for the Confederate States Army after the outbreak of the Civil War and became its captain. He rose to the grade of brigadier general in the Confederate army. Granbury was one of the six Confederate generals killed at the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864.

Early life Hiram Bronson Granbury was born in Copiah County, Mississippi, March 1, 1831. He was the son of a Baptist minister. He was born Hiram Granberry, but upon reaching adulthood, by 1852 Granberry had changed the spelling of his name to Granbury. After being educated at Oakland College, near Rodney, Mississippi, he moved to Waco, Texas, in the early 1850s. During that time, Granbury also served as secretary of Waco Masonic Lodge #92.

Civil War

Fort Donelson, capture, exchange Upon the secession of Texas from the Union, Granbury organized the Waco Guards, a volunteer infantry company, and headed east to Kentucky with them as their first captain. In October 1861, he was elected major of the 7th Texas Infantry Regiment. He fought with particular distinction at the Battle of Pickett's Mill in the Atlanta Campaign.

General John B. Hood had taken over command of the Army of Tennessee during the Atlanta Campaign. In total, six Confederate generals died in or as a result of the battle.

Reburial at Granbury, Texas Twenty-nine years after the battle of Franklin, Hiram Granbury's body was moved to Granbury, Texas, a town named after him.

At the time of Granbury's death, he was serving as the elected Senior Warden of Waco Masonic Lodge #92, the oldest organization still in existence in McLennan County. This meant that had he survived the War, he was in line to become the lead officer of the lodge the very next year.

The city of Granbury celebrates an annual General Granbury's Birthday Bash.