caption serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
marr in 1849 1861 csa army warrenton rifles company 1 june 1861 fairfax court house , virginia warrenton , virginia confederate states of america 1861b american civil war 27 may 1825 warrenton , virginia 35px captain john quincy marr.jpg john quincy marr
 john quincy marr
john quincy marr

john quincy marr -lrb- may 27 , 1825 -- june 1 , 1861 -rrb- was a virginia militia company captain and the first confederate soldier killed by a union soldier in combat in the american civil war .
marr was killed at the battle of fairfax court house , virginia on june 1 , 1861 .
he had been a delegate to the virginia secession convention and ultimately supported secession of virginia from the union after initially opposing it .
