Confederate Military Officer. As captain of Company F (the Jackson Grays) 2d Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Militia, Garland was among those taken prisoner at Camp Jackson on May 10, 1861. After his parole, Garland joined the Confederate service and became a captain in the 1st Missouri Infantry, participating in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson and Champion Hill. Elected major in 1862, he advanced to lieutenant colonel the following year. After the surrender of Vicksburg, Garland was on recruiting duty at Richmond until he returned to field service. He succeeded to command of the consolidated 1st-4th Missouri Infantry. Colonel Garland was killed in action at the Battle of Franklin in Tennessee and was originally buried on the battlefield. He was later reinterred at Bellefontaine Cemetery in the family's plot. Born the son of an author, slaveholder, lawyer and politician, his father was Hugh Alfred Garland, Sr. Prior to his sudden death, his father represented the owner of the slave, Dred Scott, of the 1857 landmarked Supreme Court case, the Dred Scott Decision. He was the great-great-nephew of United States President James Madison.
Confederate Military Officer. As captain of Company F (the Jackson Grays) 2d Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Militia, Garland was among those taken prisoner at Camp Jackson on May 10, 1861. After his parole, Garland joined the Confederate service and became a captain in the 1st Missouri Infantry, participating in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson and Champion Hill. Elected major in 1862, he advanced to lieutenant colonel the following year. After the surrender of Vicksburg, Garland was on recruiting duty at Richmond until he returned to field service. He succeeded to command of the consolidated 1st-4th Missouri Infantry. Colonel Garland was killed in action at the Battle of Franklin in Tennessee and was originally buried on the battlefield. He was later reinterred at Bellefontaine Cemetery in the family's plot. Born the son of an author, slaveholder, lawyer and politician, his father was Hugh Alfred Garland, Sr. Prior to his sudden death, his father represented the owner of the slave, Dred Scott, of the 1857 landmarked Supreme Court case, the Dred Scott Decision. He was the great-great-nephew of United States President James Madison.
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