Marcellus Douglass Explained

Marcellus Douglass
Birth Date:5 October 1830
Birth Place:Thomaston, Georgia, U.S.
Death Place:Sharpsburg, Maryland
Serviceyears:1861-1862
Rank: Colonel
Unit:13th Georgia Infantry
Battles:American Civil War
Alma Mater:University of Georgia

Colonel Marcellus Douglass (1830-1862) was a Confederate Army officer and commander of the 13th Georgia Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.

Douglass was born in Thomaston, Georgia, October 5, 1830. After graduation from the University of Georgia, he practiced law in Cuthbert, Georgia. On June 19, 1861, he was commissioned captain of Company E, 13th Georgia. He was promoted to Lt. Colonel July 8, 1861, and to full Colonel February 1, 1862. Douglass was killed at the battle of Antietam while commanding Lawton's brigade south of the section of the battle known as the Cornfield on September 17, 1862. Douglass was struck eight times before dying of his wounds commanding his men.[1] He is buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Cuthbert.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: antietamscornfield . 2016-10-01 . Claimed by the Cornfield: Georgia’s Colonel Marcellus Douglass . 2023-01-31 . Antietam's Cornfield . en.
  2. Allardice, Bruce S., Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register, University of Missouri Press, 2008, .