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It has been written from time to time that Charles Agustus Lafayette Lamar, son of Gazaway B. Lamar was the last to die in that war. I have recently found that he died in an action called Wilson's Raid, and that he was in Howell Cobb's troop. Cobb was married to a Lamar and several Lamars had served with him (and died at Crampton's Gap). Here is a quote from a website on Wilson's Raid.
"On May 9, 1865, President Andrew Johnson proclaimed the "the rebellion on land is ended." He obviously considered to have ended prior to the skirmishes at Palmito Ranch. Finally, in 1886, W.T. Sherman remarked to the editor of the North American Review magazine that he believed C.A.L. Lamar to be the last Confederate killed in the war and that General Wilson would be able to confirm that fact."
Charles Swift gave a talk to the Colunbus, GA historical society in 1915 describing this action as the last in the Civil war. In it he quotes a battle report-
"Twelve hundred prisoners, 52 field guns in position for use against us, large quantities of arms and stores fell into our hands. Our loss was only twenty-four killed and wounded. Col. C. A. Lamar, of General Cobb's staff, formerly owner of the 'Wanderer' slave trader, was killed [in the street.]
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