J. R. Garr

(? - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: Cobb's (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded and captured in action at Crampton's Gap on 14 September.

The remainder of the War:
Died at USA Field Hospital, Burkittsville, MD. He was probably originally buried in Burkettsville and reinterred at Hagerstown in about 1874.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Burial information from Pruett1.

Death Date: 10/26/1862 Death Place: Burkittsville, MD Burial Place: Washington Confederate Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD

Notes

1 Pruett, Samuel, and Poffenberger & Good, Greg Farino and Western Maryland Regional Library (WMRL), Washington Confederate Cemetery, possible burials , Hagerstown (MD): WHILBR, 2010 [AotW citation 4497]

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