Colonel Francis Stebbins Bartow

The First Confederate Monument Of The U.S. Civil War Was Established Six Weeks After The First Battle Of Manassas

Hamilton Historical Records

The first Confederate monument was dedicated to Colonel Francis Stebbins Bartow, a mere six weeks after the First Battle of Manassas. Colonel Francis Stebbins Bartow, am attorney and politician from Georgia, was the first Confederate officer to die during the battle.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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