★★★ Lamar, Charles Augustus Lafayette

Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar​

Born: April 4, 1824

Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia

Father: Gazaway Bugg Lamar 1798 – 1874

(Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)​

Mother: Jane Meek Creswell 1800 – 1838

Wife: Caroline Agnes Nicoll 1825 – 1902

(North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

Children:

Jane Creswell Lamar Cunningham 1848 – 1899​

(North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

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Gazaway Basil Lamar 1850 – 1850​

(North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

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William Sims Lamar 1851 – 1852​

(North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

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Caroline Ada Lamar 1853 – 1855​

(North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

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Caroline Nicoll Lamar DuBingnon 1855 – 1916​

(North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

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George Wayne Anderson Lamar 1858 – 1858​

(North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

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Georgia G. Lamar Malone 1861 – 1941​

(North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

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Mary S. Lamar 1863 – 1899​

(North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

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Rebecca McLeod Lamar 1865 – 1865​

(North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

Occupation before War:

Owner of Slave Ship, Wanderer​

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Cotton Merchant in Savannah, Georgia​

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Agent for Lamar Fire Insurance Company of New York​

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President of Chatham and Effingham Agriculture Club​

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Member of board of Savannah, Albany, and Gulf Railroad​

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Director of National Steamship Company​

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President and Secretary of the jockey club​

Civil War Career:

Organizer of Lamar Rangers, in McIntosh County, Georgia​

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Lt. Colonel of 7th​ Georgia Battalion​

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1862 – 1865: Colonel of 25th​ Georgia Cavalry Regiment​

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1865: Killed during the Battle of Columbus, Georgia​

Died: April 16, 1865

Place of Death: Columbus, Georgia

Age at time of Death: 41 years old

Burial Place: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia

 

[Pollaco]

His slave ship "Wanderer" was not the last slave ship but it brought in the last large load of slaves, it brought in 409 in 1858. The last was the Clotida in 1860 which brough in 110 slaves. The ship was impounded and the owners prosecuted but not convicted.

 

[Pollaco]

Lamar lost his mother, 5 sibling and a niece in the June 1838 explosion of the steamship Pulaski. There were only 59 survivors which included Lamar and his father.

 

[Pollaco]

When the unit he was with at first , the 7th Georgia Battalion, merged with the 61st Georgia Infantry Lamar lost his commission and returned to civilian life. He did return to military service toward the end of the war and held the rank of Colonel. Said to be the last Confederate killed in the war. According to the Savannah Morning News Lamar was "the last who fell in organized struggle for Southern independence."

 

[tomlamarcooughlin]

Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar is the very spoiled son of the hard working and very successful Gazaway Bugg Lamar. One of the interesting stories about Charles is that he was given the second middle name Lafayette because Lafayette attended his baptism. If you wish to read about him and his father, along with other Lamar cousins, I've written about them in "Rebels in my Tree". Just Google the title and you'll get more information.