Lucius J. Gartrell
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Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell (January 7, 1821 – April 7, 1891) was an American politician, lawyer, and Confederate general during the American Civil War.[1]
Early life and education
Gartrell was born near Washington, Georgia, to Joseph Gartrell, Jr. and Eliza Boswell Gartrell. He attended Randolph-Macon College, and Franklin College (now known as the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences), the founding school of the University of Georgia in Athens. Gartrell passed the state bar in 1842 and began the practice of law in Washington.[1]
Public office
Gartrell served as the solicitor general of the northern judicial circuit from 1843 until 1847 when he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. He was subsequently elected to the first of two consecutive terms in U.S. House of Representatives in 1856.[1][2]
Confederate service
He resigned from his second term in 1861 to form the Seventh Regiment of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry in the Confederate army during the Civil War. In 1862, Gartrell was elected to the Confederate Congress and served in that capacity until 1864.[3] In 1864, he was appointed as a brigadier general in the Confederate forces.[1]
Personal life
Gartrell married twice. First to Template:Proper name Olivia Gideon (1823-1854). The couple had two sons, Henry Clay Gartrell (1845-1861), and Joseph Erasmus Gartrell (1852-1886). After the death of his first wife, Gartrell married Antoinette Phoebe Burke (1834-1882). They had seven children, Lizzie Gartrell Baird (1856-1898), Vannie Gartrell Phinizy (1858-1887), Carrie Gartrell Blount (1861-1947), Lucy Gartrell Magnus (1864-1936), Ida-May Gartrell Hartridge (1866-1892), Alice Gartrell Hay (1870–1910), and Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, Jr. (1879-1944).
Later years
After the war, Gartrell served as a member of the State constitutional convention in 1877. He also ran for governor in 1882 but lost to Alexander Stephens.[1] Gartrell died in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1891.
See also
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References
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Further reading
- Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. Template:ISBN.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. Template:ISBN.
- Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. Template:ISBN.
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- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1821 births
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- People from Washington, Georgia
- People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War
- Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Confederate States Army brigadier generals
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- University of Georgia people
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Burials at Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)
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