Famous People of Richmond, Virginia

Lt. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson

Lt. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy & Instructor of Artillery, Virginia Military Institute.

A respected Presbyterian man of the South.

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The South feels no further explanation necessary

Jefferson Davis

General Richard Brooke Garnett

General Richard Brooke Garnett was killed in action July 3, 1863, as he led his Brigade in the charge of Pickett's Division on the final day of the battle of Gettysburg. First buried on the battlefield, General Garnett's remains were likely removed to Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery in 1872 along with other Confederate dead brought from Gettysburg by way of Rocketts Landing, Richmond, by the Hollywood Memorial Association.

Requiescat in Pace Richard Brooke Garnett 1817 - 1863." Deo Vindice.

Colonel Eppa Hunton, who was to succeed Garnett, said of him: “He was one of the noblest and bravest men I ever knew.”

Major-General George Edward Pickett

Major-General George Edward Pickett, CSA, was born at Richmond, Va., January 25, 1825, son of a planter of Henrico county. He was graduated at the United States Military Academy in the class of 1846.

CAMPAIGNS: Seven Days, Gaines' Mill, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, New Berne, Petersburg, Five Forks and Sayler's Creek.

Died: Norfolk, Virginia, July 30, 1875.