Archibald Campbell Godwin (1831-19 September 1864) was a Brigadier-General of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Biography[]
Archibald C. Godwin was born in Nansemond County, Virginia in 1831, and he moved to California in 1850 during the Gold Rush. Standing at 6'6", he was appointed an Indian agent while engaging in the mercantile and livestock business in Sonoma County, bringing the 150 Native Americans along the Russian River under his control. In 1860, he reportedly lost the Democratic Party's nomination for Governor of California by one vote, and he decided to side with the Confederate States of America when his home state seceded at the front of the American Civil War. Godwin served as a prison commandant during the first year of the war, becoming known for his cruelty, and he was made a colonel of the 57th North Carolina in July 1862. Godwin served in the Army of Northern Virginia at Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, and he was killed at the Third Battle of Winchester in 1864.