Marcellus Douglass

(? - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Command Billet: Brigade Commander
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: Lawton's Brigade

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was Captain of the Randolph Volunteers, becoming Company E, 13th Georgia Infantry, as of 19 June 1861. He was elected Lieutenant Colonel to date from 8 July 1861. He was elected Colonel on 1 February 1862 on the death of Colonel Ector. He led the Regiment at the battles of Gaines' Mill and Malvern Hill.1

In the Antietam Campaign:
Col Douglass was killed in action just south of the Cornfield early in the morning of September 17th, while in command of the Brigade.

Death Date: 09/17/1862 Death Place: Sharpsburg, MD Burial Place: Cuthbert (Baptist Church yard?), Randolph County,

Notes

1 Henderson, Lilian, ed., Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, l86l-l865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1955-1964, Co. E, 13th Regiment [AotW citation 154]

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