Colonel Francis Stebbins Bartow

Lawyer, Legislator, Soldier

Born: 9-6-1816, Savannah, GA Died: 7-21-1861, Manassas Battlefield, VA Buried: Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, GA Married: Louisa Greene Berrien Served two terms in the State Legislature and one term in the State Senate from Savannah prior to the Civil War. Bartow was a passionate and persuasive advocate for Georgia's secession from the Union, and as chairman of the military committee, was instrumental in the selection of grey uniforms for Confederate troops. Elected to the Confederate Congress, he resigned to join the Confederate Army in 1861. On July 21, 1861, Bartow was the first officer of either Army killed on the field during the Battle of Manassas. In November that year, a bill was successfully introduced into the Georgia House of Representatives to change the name of Cass County to Bartow County in honor of the South's first fallen hero.

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