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(FIRST CONFEDERATE KILLED IN ACTION)

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(FIRST CONFEDERATE KILLED IN ACTION)
JOHN QUINCY MARR (d. 1861) The first Confederate soldier (and officer) to be killed in action during the Civil War. A graduate and former faculty member of the Virginia Military Institute, Marr had been sent to the field with the Warrenton Rifles, which he had raised after John Brown's raid. Col. Richard S. Ewell stationed Marr's company at the Fairfax Courthouse, and on June 1, 1861, Company B, 2nd U.S. Cavalry passed through the town, firing a few random shots. After a defense was prepared and the Union forces driven off, it was noticed that Marr was missing. He was later found dead from a wound in the chest. Excessively rare manuscript D.S. ""John Q. Marr"", 1p. oblong 8vo., [n.p.], Feb. 4, 1859, a promissory note in which Marr and another gentleman promise to repay the sum of $3,000 to an estate. A 1"" x 1"" blank area at lower-left lacking, cross-writing affects one letter in signature, else very good.