General Alfred Holt Colquitt

Atop a terrace in Macon's Rose Hill Cemetery Civil War general, can be found the grave of Georgia's  famed Alfred Holt Colquitt. The commander of the famed Colquitt's Brigade, he led Confederate troops in some of the most desperate fighting of the war. Part of Stonewall Jackson's command, Colquitt and his men fought at the Battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Sent south to defend the Carolina's, Colquitt's Brigade rapidly moved south to reinforce Southern forces in Florida fighting against an invasion by Union troops. It was in Florida on February 20, 1864, that he was given field command of the roughly 5,000 Confederate troops that terribly mauled a Union army led by General Truman Seymour at the Battle of Olustee, Florida (also called the Battle of Ocean Pond). It is a little known fact that based on the number of troops involved, Olustee was the bloodiest major defeat for the Union during    the entire War Between the States. He was elected Governor of Georgia in 1876, spearheading a movement by the Democrat Party to regain control of the state. He was reelected to a two-year term in 1880 after his party achieved dominance and drafted a new constitution. General Colquitt was elected to the United States Senate in 1883 and served in that body until his death on March 26, 1894, at the age of 69. source: http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/colquittgrave.html