- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- General Lucius J. Gartrell
- Creator:
- Photo Engraving Company (New York, N.Y.)
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1980
- Subject:
- Portraits
Military officers--Confederate
Beards - People:
- Gartrell, Lucius J. (Lucius Jeremiah), 1821-1891
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Portrait of General Lucius J. Gartrell, C. S. A.
civil war
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell (1821-1891) was an attorney, Democratic politician and military officer. He practiced law in Washington, Georgia, in the early 1840s. He subsequently moved to Atlanta where he was elected solicitor general of the northern judicial circuit in 1843. He later served in the Georgia State House of Representatives from 1847 to 1850 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. During the Civil War, he served as a colonel and later a brigadier general. He was also elected to the Confederate Congress. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.487.001
ahc170487001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/607
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 5 x 7 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
