(CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE) Marr John Quincy Pair of checks sig

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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Marr, John Quincy. Pair of checks signed by the first Confederate combat casualty. Checks drawn upon the Farmer's Bank of Virginia, each about 2 3/4 x 7 inches; perforated cancellations and colored pencil "x" marks, scarcely affecting signatures, various endorsements on verso, minor wear. Alexandria, VA, 5 January 1859 and 21 December 1860

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John Quincy Marr, captain of the Warrenton Rifles of Virginia, was the lone Confederate fatality at the 1 June 1861 Battle of Fairfax Court House, the first skirmish of the Civil War. with--a signed carte-de-visite photograph of Benjamin Howard Shackelford, Marr's replacement--he took command of the Warrenton Riles after Marr's death. On a mount with backstamp of photographer W. Roads of Charlottesville, VA.