caption serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
joseph white latimer 1861 & ndash ; 63 csa 01 august 1863 harrisonburg , rockingham county , virginia oak ridge , prince william county , virginia confederate states of america 1863 american civil war 27 august 1843 woodbine cemetery , harrisonburg , rockingham county , virginia 20px major joseph white latimer.jpg joseph w. latimer
 joseph white latimer
joseph w. latimer

joseph white latimer -lrb- august 27 , 1843 -- august 1 , 1863 -rrb- , `` the boy major , '' was a promising young officer in the confederate army of northern virginia 's artillery branch during the american civil war .
he was mortally wounded at the battle of gettysburg .
