Life span: 12/16/1819 to 07/13/1861TabsLife SummaryFull name: Robert Selden GarnettPlace of Birth: Essex County, VABurial Place: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateNo. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 1Education: West Point (US Military Academy)Occupation: MilitaryMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Confederate Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 07/08/1861 07/08/1861 Advancing Union troops skirmish with retreating Virginia troops at Laurel Hill in western Virginia Documents Images Robert Selden Garnett Bibliography