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Maj John Robert Bagby

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Maj John Robert Bagby

Birth
King and Queen County, Virginia, USA
Death
20 Mar 1890 (aged 63)
King and Queen County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Bruington, King and Queen County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Born at "Bunker Hill." He married Elizabeth "Betty" Pollard Fleet. He graduated Colombian College, then conducted a mercantile business. He was a magistrate of his county. Previous to the War he was Colonel of Militia. He was appointed Major of the 4th Virginia Artillery in November, 1862. At the Battle of Seven Pines he and his took a Yankee cannon and turned it effectively on them as they fled. His horse was shot from under him there. It was known that he several times dispatched a foe with a blast from his pistol. He was severely wounded around Petersburg in 1865. His portrait hangs in the King and Queen County Courthouse.
Born at "Bunker Hill." He married Elizabeth "Betty" Pollard Fleet. He graduated Colombian College, then conducted a mercantile business. He was a magistrate of his county. Previous to the War he was Colonel of Militia. He was appointed Major of the 4th Virginia Artillery in November, 1862. At the Battle of Seven Pines he and his took a Yankee cannon and turned it effectively on them as they fled. His horse was shot from under him there. It was known that he several times dispatched a foe with a blast from his pistol. He was severely wounded around Petersburg in 1865. His portrait hangs in the King and Queen County Courthouse.

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  • Created by: George Seitz
  • Added: Nov 27, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16814002/john_robert-bagby: accessed ), memorial page for Maj John Robert Bagby (13 Nov 1826–20 Mar 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16814002, citing Bruington Baptist Church Cemetery, Bruington, King and Queen County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by George Seitz (contributor 40539541).