Nephew of James
Mercer Garnett (q. v.), and Robert Selden Garnett (q. v.); born in
Virginia, in 1819; graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1841. He
entered the army as second lieutenant, and served in the Florida war, and
subsequently in the west. He was made first lieutenant in 1847, and later
captain. He aided in quelling the Kansas disturbances in 1856-57; was engaged
in the Utah expedition. He entered the Confederate service as major of
artillery in 1861, and was promoted to brigadier-general the same year. He
served in the Shenandoah Valley under Jackson, and at the battle of Kernstown
commanded the Stonewall brigade. During and after the Maryland. campaign he
commanded Pickett's brigade, which he finally led at Gettysburg, where he fell
dead, shot from his horse in the midst of action. He died July 3, 1863.
SOURCE: Encyclopedia
of Virginia Biography, Vol. 3, p. 53
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