At Fairfax Court House, the first Confederate officer to die falls and the first Medal of Honor is won

Second Lieutenant Charles H. Tompkins and his troop were scouting Fairfax Court House in Virginia when encountered Virginia troops. In the clash Captain John Quincy Marr, a 1846 V.M.I graduate became the first Confederate officer killed in the war.  Tompkins had dropped out of West Point's class of 1851, later enlisted as a cavalry private and became a veteran of frontier fighting. Though several of his superiors at the time considered him to have exceeded his orders, he was in 1893 awarded the Medal of Honor for his part in the action.  (By John Osborne)
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David Ramsay Clendenin, Washington DC, May 1865, detail

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 21, 2015.
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Original caption
Board which tried Lincoln conspirators
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Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress
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Cropped from the larger image of the Military Trial Commission, also available here. 

David Ramsay Clendenin, Washington DC, May 1865

Scanned by
Library of Congress
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 21, 2015.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
Yes
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Board which tried Lincoln conspirators
Source citation
Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Cropped from the larger image of the Military Trial Commission, also available here. 
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