Erasmus Burt

Erasmus Burt
Erasmus R. Burt
Born1820
DiedOctober 26, 1861 (aged 40–41)
Buried
Jackson, Mississippi
AllegianceConfederate States of America
BranchConfederate States Army
Service years1861
RankColonel
Commands18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
ConflictsAmerican Civil War
SpouseLucy Ann Morgan
RelationsEight children
Erasmus Burt
11th State Auditor of Mississippi
In office
1859–1861
Preceded byMadison McAfee
Succeeded byA. B. Dilworth
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Erasmus R. Burt (c. 1820 – October 26, 1861) was an American physician, politician, and soldier. He served as the State Auditor of Mississippi, and was then a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives. During the American Civil War, he was a colonel in the Confederate States Army and was killed in action at the Battle of Ball's Bluff in Northern Virginia. He was known as “the Father of the Deaf and Dumb Institute of Mississippi”.

Burt owned four slaves.