Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell
| Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell | |
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| Born |
January 27, 1821 Washington, Georgia |
| Died | April 7, 1891 (aged 70) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Buried at | Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta) |
| Allegiance |
 Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1861-1862; 1864-1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 Brigadier general (CSA) |
| Commands held | 7th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Colonel, CSA
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.
Gartrell was born near Washington, Georgia. 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.
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.
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.
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