July 22, 1864

John Murray was mortally wounded at the Battle of Atlanta in Georgia while leading three regiments in an attack on a Union position. He died the next day. Originally buried in Georgia, his remains were moved in 1867 to Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock (Pulaski County). Murray was a West Point cadet and Confederate officer who is popularly known as the youngest general in the Confederate army, though he was never thus promoted.