The 45th Georgia along with the rest of Edward Thomas' Georgia Brigade served in a reserve role at the Battle of Fort Stedman. Because General Gordon's troops were repulsed there was no opportunity for these Georgians to fight. The Georgians marched back to their regular lines some 5 miles to the west. Just as they returned to their portion of the lines the Battle of Jones Farm erupted at about 4:30 p.m. on March 25. Conn was probably killed in this fight and not at Fort Stedman. Some records indicate Thomas' Georgians took casualties at Fort Stedman, but my research does not indicate that they fought at this spot. Instead I believe a clerk who filled out reports failed to differentiate between two separate fights that occurred on the same day and about 5-7 miles apart. The 45th and 49th Georgia regiments found themselves almost surrounded at Jones Farm and the 14th and 35th Georgia regiments hustled forward to extricate them. One 45th Georgia soldier reported his regiment suffered 6 KIA, 25 wounded and 118 captured. For more info see Will Greene's "Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion" about the Petersburg Campaign or my book "Red Clay to Richmond: Trail of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, CSA." A good place to begin looking for Conn's gravesite would be the Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg where many Confederate dead lie. However, I looked through a copy of a book that listed the Confederate dead buried there and I did not see Conn’s name listed. The Georgia Historical Society magazine printed some of Conn's letters many years ago.
John Fox