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