Major Robert Seldon Garnett - Monterey California
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member teeoff2
N 36° 35.868 W 121° 53.829
10S E 598643 N 4050822
A Major in the US Army, and a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army.
Waymark Code: WM342B
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member S5280ft
Views: 21

Major/General Seldon was the first general officer to fall in the war between the states. He was killed in West Virginia in 1861. Before the war in 1849 he designed the Great Seal of California. The memorial was placed by The United daughters of the Confederacy in 1937.
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Type of memorial: Plaque

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