Major Robert Selden Garnett

THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
DESIGNED BY 

MAJOR ROBERT SELDEN GARNETT, 
U.S. ARMY, 

AND ADOPTED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL 
CONVENTION OF 1849 AT MONTEREY. 
COMMISSIONED A BRIGADIER GENERAL 
IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY. 
HE WAS KILLED IN WEST VIRGINIA IN 1861, 
THE FIRST GENERAL OFFICER TO FALL IN 
THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES 

ERECTED BY CALIFORNIA DIVISION 
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY 
MAY 4, 1957

• monterey
• california
• civil war
• confederacy
• west virginia
• general officer
• war between the states