West Point Monument at Elmwood Cemetery

In the Memory of Our Heroes, 1861 - 1865

Erected by the Norfolk Memorial Association in the memory of our heroes, 1861 - 1865

Marker can be reached from East Princess Anne Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Elmwood Cemetery Confederate Soldiers

J Baker • Samuel Hill • J C Schroeder

William Barefoot • W D Hutto • Sindal

Joseph Burns • R Johnson • A Smith

F Butler • P P Killebrew • J Smith

R Campbell • D F McFarland • Scott Nimrod ...

Confederate Soldiers in Elmwood Cemetery / Colonel Henry Kyd Dou

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Confederate Soldiers in Elmwood Cemetery

Over 114 Confederate soldiers who were killed at the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) September 17, 1862, or later died of wounds in Shepherdstown, were buried here. They were from the states of VA, NC, SC, ...

Elmwood Cemetery

Michigan Registered Historic Site

In 1846 when this was a farm on the outskirts of Detroit, a group of gentlemen formed a corporation and purchased the land for use as a public cemetery. The trustees patterned the grounds after Mount ...

Elmwood Cemetery

“ . . . and yet the cry was for more room.”

On Wednesday, September 17, 1862, twelve-year-old Mary Bedinger, asleep at her home Poplar Grove outside Shepherdstown, was awakened by the roar of cannons. Confederate and Union forces in position ...

Elmwood Cemetery

Elmwood Cemetery was established on August 28, 1852. Buried here are Memphis pioneer families: 14 Confederate generals; victims of the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878; Governors Isham G. Harris and James C. Jones; U.S. Senators Kenneth D. McKellar, Thomas B. ...