Samuel Garland, Jr., student 1845-1846

Garland attended the Virginia Military Institute after leaving R-MC, graduating from VMI in 1849. He  graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in law in 1851.  Garland was a lawyer in Lynchburg, VA at the beginning of the war. In 1859, he organized the Lynchburg Home Guards, which became Co. G of the 11th VA Infantry in April, 1861. He was commissioned captain on April 23, 1861. On May 8, 1861, he was promoted to colonel and on May 23, 1862 he was promoted to brigadier general. Garland received his first wound at the Battle of Williamsburg, but remained in the battle. His horse was killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862. Garland was mortally wounded with a shot through the chest on September 14, 1862 in Wise's Field near Fox's Gap, MD during the Battle of South Mountain.He is buried in Lynchburg, VA in Presbyterian Cemetery.