John Quincy Marr, American captain (born 1825)

John Quincy Marr

Confederate States Army first combat casualty (1825–1861)

John Quincy Marr was a Virginia militia company captain and the first Confederate soldier killed by a Union soldier in combat during the American Civil War. Marr was killed at the Battle of Fairfax Court House in Fairfax, Virginia, on June 1, 1861. Previously one of Fauquier…