Lucius J. Gartrell

Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell
Lucius J. Gartrell, circa 1858
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th district
In office March 4, 1857 – January 23, 1861
Member of the Confederate House of Representatives from Georgia's 8th District
In office January 3, 1862 – 1864
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
In office 1847-1850
Personal details
Born	(1821-01-27)January 27, 1821 Washington, Georgia
Died	April 7, 1891(1891-04-07) (aged 70) Atlanta, Georgia
Resting place	Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Branch/service	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1861-1862; 1864-1865 (CSA)
Rank	Brigadier general
Commands	7th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell (January 7, 1821 – April 7, 1891) was an American politician and lawyer, as well as general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Early life and education

Gartrell was born near Washington, Georgia to Joseph Gartrell, Jr. and Eliza Boswell Gartrell. He attended Randolph-Macon College, and Franklin College (now known as the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences), the founding school of the University of Georgia in Athens. Gartrell passed the state bar in 1842 and began the practice of law in Washington.

Public office

Gartrell served as the solicitor general of the northern judicial circuit from 1843 until 1847 when he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. He was subsequently elected to the first of two consecutive terms in U.S. House of Representatives in 1856.

Confederate service

He resigned from his second term in 1861 to form the Seventh Regiment of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry in the Confederate army during the Civil War. In 1862, Gartrell was elected to the Confederate Congress and served in that capacity until 1864. In 1864, he was appointed as a brigadier general in the Confederate forces.

Personal life

Gartrell married twice. First to Louisianna Olivia Gideon (1823-1854). The couple had two sons, Henry Clay Gartrell (1845-1861), and Joseph Erasmus Gartrell (1852-1886). After the death of his first wife, Gartrell married Antoinette Phoebe Burke (1834-1882). They had seven children, Lizzie Gartrell Baird (1856-1898), Vannie Gartrell Phinizy (1858-1887), Carrie Gartrell Blount (1861-1947), Lucy Gartrell Magnus (1864-1936), Ida-May Gartrell Hartridge (1866-1892), Alice Gartrell Hay (1870–1910), and Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, Jr. (1879-1944).

Later years

After the war, Gartrell served as a member of the State constitutional convention in 1877. He also ran for governor in 1882 but lost to Alexander Stephens. Gartrell died in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1891 and was buried in that city's Oakland Cemetery.

See also

• List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)

Further reading

• Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
• Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 978-0-8160-1055-4.
• Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9.
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress