Francis Stebbins Bartow
Born: September 6, 1816
Birth Place: Savannah, Georgia
Father: Dr. Theodosius Bartow 1770 – 1857
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Mother: Frances Louisa Stebbins 1792 – 1872
Wife: Louisa Greene Berrien 1827 – 1916
Education:
1835: Graduated from Franklin College
Took Legal Classes at Yale College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in firm of Barlow, and Lovell, Law Firm, Savannah, Georgia
1840: Campaigned for William Henry Harrison for President
Captain of 21st Oglethorpe Light Infantry, Georgia Militia
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Georgia State Secession Convention
1861: Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress
1861: Chairman of Confederate Congressional Military Committee
1861: Colonel of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment
1861: While encouraging his men to attack, Bartow is shot in the chest, during the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
1861: When notified of Bartow's death, the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States confirmed his posthumous rank of acting Brigadier General
Died: July 21, 1861Place of Death: Manassas, Virginia
Last Words: "They have killed me; but boys, the day is ours. Never give up the field!"
Age at time of Death: 44 years old
Cause of Death: Wounds to the chest
Burial Place: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
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