Son of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar and Sarah Williamson Byrd Lamar.
"Lt. Col. Jefferson Mirabeau Lamar commanded Cobb's Legion Infantry at Crampton's Gap. Lamar graduated from the University of Mississippi before opening a law practice in Covington, GA a month after his July 1861 marriage to his cousin, Mary Ann Lamar (granddaughter of Mildred Cobb Jackson), he was commissioned captain of the "Lamar Infantry", a unit later designated as Company A. of the Legion. Highly regarded by his commanding officer, Col. T.R.R. Cobb, Lamar was also popular with other officers in the Legion who elected him major in 1861 and lieutenant colonel in July 1862. Tragically, Lamar was wounded September 14, 1862 at Crampton's Gap and died the following day in Burkittsville, MD. His brother, U.S. Supreme Court Justice L.Q.C. Lamar , wrote "I never knew a more perfect being from the time of his childhood up to the day of his death."
Tombstone marker reads:
"Lt. Col. Jefferson Mirabeau Lamar
Jan. 3, 1835- Sept. 15, 1862
Born Milledgeville, Ga.; son of L.Q.C. Lamar and Sarah Byrd; fell mortally wounded at the Battle of Crampton's Gap, Maryland gallantly leading Cobb's Georgia Legion; He was a true Southern gentleman without fear and without reproach."
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Lt. Col. Lamar was originally buried in the NE corner of the graveyard in back of the German Reformed Church at Burkittsville., Maryland (A descriptive list of the burial places of the remains of Confederate soldiers, who fell in the battles of Antietam, South Mountain, Monocacy, and other points in Washington and Frederick counties, in the state of Maryland published by direction of His Excellency, Oden Bowie, governor of Maryland in 1868).
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112037788384&view=1up&seq=66
His remains must have been re-interred in Georgia at some point.
I came across this doing research on another person and found it interesting... so I thought I would share.
Contributor: Ann Jacks (47478782) • [email protected]
"Lt. Col. Jefferson Mirabeau Lamar commanded Cobb's Legion Infantry at Crampton's Gap. Lamar graduated from the University of Mississippi before opening a law practice in Covington, GA a month after his July 1861 marriage to his cousin, Mary Ann Lamar (granddaughter of Mildred Cobb Jackson), he was commissioned captain of the "Lamar Infantry", a unit later designated as Company A. of the Legion. Highly regarded by his commanding officer, Col. T.R.R. Cobb, Lamar was also popular with other officers in the Legion who elected him major in 1861 and lieutenant colonel in July 1862. Tragically, Lamar was wounded September 14, 1862 at Crampton's Gap and died the following day in Burkittsville, MD. His brother, U.S. Supreme Court Justice L.Q.C. Lamar , wrote "I never knew a more perfect being from the time of his childhood up to the day of his death."
Tombstone marker reads:
"Lt. Col. Jefferson Mirabeau Lamar
Jan. 3, 1835- Sept. 15, 1862
Born Milledgeville, Ga.; son of L.Q.C. Lamar and Sarah Byrd; fell mortally wounded at the Battle of Crampton's Gap, Maryland gallantly leading Cobb's Georgia Legion; He was a true Southern gentleman without fear and without reproach."
______________________________________________________
Lt. Col. Lamar was originally buried in the NE corner of the graveyard in back of the German Reformed Church at Burkittsville., Maryland (A descriptive list of the burial places of the remains of Confederate soldiers, who fell in the battles of Antietam, South Mountain, Monocacy, and other points in Washington and Frederick counties, in the state of Maryland published by direction of His Excellency, Oden Bowie, governor of Maryland in 1868).
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112037788384&view=1up&seq=66
His remains must have been re-interred in Georgia at some point.
I came across this doing research on another person and found it interesting... so I thought I would share.
Contributor: Ann Jacks (47478782) • [email protected]
Son of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar and Sarah Williamson Byrd Lamar.
"Lt. Col. Jefferson Mirabeau Lamar commanded Cobb's Legion Infantry at Crampton's Gap. Lamar graduated from the University of Mississippi before opening a law practice in Covington, GA a month after his July 1861 marriage to his cousin, Mary Ann Lamar (granddaughter of Mildred Cobb Jackson), he was commissioned captain of the "Lamar Infantry", a unit later designated as Company A. of the Legion. Highly regarded by his commanding officer, Col. T.R.R. Cobb, Lamar was also popular with other officers in the Legion who elected him major in 1861 and lieutenant colonel in July 1862. Tragically, Lamar was wounded September 14, 1862 at Crampton's Gap and died the following day in Burkittsville, MD. His brother, U.S. Supreme Court Justice L.Q.C. Lamar , wrote "I never knew a more perfect being from the time of his childhood up to the day of his death."
Tombstone marker reads:
"Lt. Col. Jefferson Mirabeau Lamar
Jan. 3, 1835- Sept. 15, 1862
Born Milledgeville, Ga.; son of L.Q.C. Lamar and Sarah Byrd; fell mortally wounded at the Battle of Crampton's Gap, Maryland gallantly leading Cobb's Georgia Legion; He was a true Southern gentleman without fear and without reproach."
______________________________________________________
Lt. Col. Lamar was originally buried in the NE corner of the graveyard in back of the German Reformed Church at Burkittsville., Maryland (A descriptive list of the burial places of the remains of Confederate soldiers, who fell in the battles of Antietam, South Mountain, Monocacy, and other points in Washington and Frederick counties, in the state of Maryland published by direction of His Excellency, Oden Bowie, governor of Maryland in 1868).
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112037788384&view=1up&seq=66
His remains must have been re-interred in Georgia at some point.
I came across this doing research on another person and found it interesting... so I thought I would share.
Contributor: Ann Jacks (47478782) • [email protected]
"Lt. Col. Jefferson Mirabeau Lamar commanded Cobb's Legion Infantry at Crampton's Gap. Lamar graduated from the University of Mississippi before opening a law practice in Covington, GA a month after his July 1861 marriage to his cousin, Mary Ann Lamar (granddaughter of Mildred Cobb Jackson), he was commissioned captain of the "Lamar Infantry", a unit later designated as Company A. of the Legion. Highly regarded by his commanding officer, Col. T.R.R. Cobb, Lamar was also popular with other officers in the Legion who elected him major in 1861 and lieutenant colonel in July 1862. Tragically, Lamar was wounded September 14, 1862 at Crampton's Gap and died the following day in Burkittsville, MD. His brother, U.S. Supreme Court Justice L.Q.C. Lamar , wrote "I never knew a more perfect being from the time of his childhood up to the day of his death."
Tombstone marker reads:
"Lt. Col. Jefferson Mirabeau Lamar
Jan. 3, 1835- Sept. 15, 1862
Born Milledgeville, Ga.; son of L.Q.C. Lamar and Sarah Byrd; fell mortally wounded at the Battle of Crampton's Gap, Maryland gallantly leading Cobb's Georgia Legion; He was a true Southern gentleman without fear and without reproach."
______________________________________________________
Lt. Col. Lamar was originally buried in the NE corner of the graveyard in back of the German Reformed Church at Burkittsville., Maryland (A descriptive list of the burial places of the remains of Confederate soldiers, who fell in the battles of Antietam, South Mountain, Monocacy, and other points in Washington and Frederick counties, in the state of Maryland published by direction of His Excellency, Oden Bowie, governor of Maryland in 1868).
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112037788384&view=1up&seq=66
His remains must have been re-interred in Georgia at some point.
I came across this doing research on another person and found it interesting... so I thought I would share.
Contributor: Ann Jacks (47478782) • [email protected]
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