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Pvt James Jackson Lamar

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Pvt James Jackson Lamar Veteran

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
19 Nov 1861 (aged 33–34)
Monterey, Highland County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Monterey, Highland County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Company D, 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Oglethorpe Infantry
List of Confederate soldiers that are buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Monterey. Compiled by Raymond W. Watkins of Falls Church, Va. in 1983.

Information supplied by Highlanders Camp #1530 Sons of Confederate Veterans, member Sherman Taylor:
Pvt. James Lamar – Company D, “Oglethorpe Infantry,” 1st (Ramsey’s) Georgia Infantry. Pvt. Lamar was from Richmond County, Ga. According to the 1860 Census of Richmond County, he was born in 1828, the son of George W. and Sarah W. Lamar. He was a carpenter. He enlisted March 18, 1861 at Richmond County, and died of disease on Nov. 19, 1861. He was 32 years old.

This Confederate Cemetery is located across the street from the Highland Medical Center on route 220 south. There is only one marked grave (stone placed there in the 1890's) The remaining graves are distinguished by the sunken ground for each grave and can only be seen when the field is mowed.
Company D, 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Oglethorpe Infantry
List of Confederate soldiers that are buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Monterey. Compiled by Raymond W. Watkins of Falls Church, Va. in 1983.

Information supplied by Highlanders Camp #1530 Sons of Confederate Veterans, member Sherman Taylor:
Pvt. James Lamar – Company D, “Oglethorpe Infantry,” 1st (Ramsey’s) Georgia Infantry. Pvt. Lamar was from Richmond County, Ga. According to the 1860 Census of Richmond County, he was born in 1828, the son of George W. and Sarah W. Lamar. He was a carpenter. He enlisted March 18, 1861 at Richmond County, and died of disease on Nov. 19, 1861. He was 32 years old.

This Confederate Cemetery is located across the street from the Highland Medical Center on route 220 south. There is only one marked grave (stone placed there in the 1890's) The remaining graves are distinguished by the sunken ground for each grave and can only be seen when the field is mowed.


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  • Created by: Kent
  • Added: Apr 19, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128208461/james_jackson-lamar: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt James Jackson Lamar (1827–19 Nov 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 128208461, citing Monterey Confederate Cemetery, Monterey, Highland County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Kent (contributor 47846556).