{⋆★⋆} BG Gartrell, Lucius J.

Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell Sr.​

Born: January 7, 1821

Birthplace: Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia

Father: Joseph Gartrell 1788 – 1868

Mother: Elizabeth Boswell 1798 – 1878

1st​ Wife: Louisiana Olivia Gideon 1823 – 1854

(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

2nd​ Wife: Antoinette Phoebe Burke 1834 – 1882

(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

Children:

Joseph Erasmus Gartrell 1852 – 1886​

(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

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Vannie Gartrell Phinizy 1858 – 1887​

(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)​

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Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell 1864 – 1865​

(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

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Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell Jr. 1879 – 1944​

(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

Education:

Attended Randolph – Macon College​

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Attended Franklin College​

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Read law under Robert Toombs​

Occupation:

1842 – 1843: Attorney in Washington, Georgia​

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1843 – 1847: Solicitor General of Northern Judicial Circuit​

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1847 – 1850: Georgia State Representative​

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1849: Introduced the noted States Rights Resolution​

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1854 – 1861: Attorney in Atlanta, Georgia​

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1857 – 1861: United States Congressman from Georgia​

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1857 – 1861: Member of House Elections Committee​

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1857 – 1861: Missed 433 Votes while serving as U.S. Congressman​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 7th​ Georgia Infantry

1861: Served in the First Battle of Manassas, Virginia

1861: His Sixteen-year-old son was killed at First Battle of Manassas

1862 – 1864: Confederate States Congressman from Georgia

1862 – 1864: Chairman of House Judiciary Committee

1862 – 1864: Tried to get cabinet members to discuss in Congress

1862 – 1864: Supporter of making treasury notes legal tender

1862 – 1864: Supporter of ending military substitutions

1862 – 1864: Supporter of ending military exemptions

1862 – 1864: Supporter of drafting all employees in Executive Dept.

1862 – 1864: Supporter of nationalizing the textile industry

1862 – 1864: Supporter of suspending the Habeas Corpus

1863: Praised President Davis in the Georgia Legislature

1863: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection as Congressman

1864 – 1865: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army

1864: Organized four regiments of reserves into Gartrell's Brigade

Wounded in the Battle of Coosawatchie

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1891: Attorney in Atlanta, Georgia​

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1877: Member of Georgia State Constitution Convention​

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1882: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Georgia​

Died: April 7, 1891

Place of Death: Atlanta, Georgia

Cause of Death: Inanition

Age at time of Death: 70 years old

Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia

 

[Pollaco]

1st Manassas must have been especially hard on Gartell, his son was killed in this battle and Colonel +Congressman Francis S. Bartow died in his arms.

 

[Seduzal]

Seems like he had a hard life both as soldier and also as a citizen.

 

[Pollaco]

Commissioned a Colonel of the 7th Georgia in May 1861 after resigning his seat in thd US House of Representatives. Not only was his son killed at 1st Manassas but Congressman and Col. Francis Bartow died in his arms as well. He resigned his commission as colonel on Feb. 13,1862 to take his seat in congress.

 

[Pollaco]

His "pro Davis" stance and his views made him unpopular in Georgia and it may have contributed to his decision not to run for re-election. He was commissioned a brigadier general on August 22, 1864.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy early (January 7th) Birthday Brig. General Lucius J. Gartrell! Salutes remembering General Gartrell on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

His Colonel's commission was resigned on Febuary 13, 1862 in order for him to take his seat in the First Regular Confederate Congress representing Georgia's 8th district.