Shohola Railroad Accident Memorial

(Federal Side):Erected by the

United Statesto the memory of the following soldiers, privates in the Eleventh Veteran Reserve Corps. Comprising the union guard who were killed with their Confederate prisoners of war in the railroad accident near Shohola, Pa., July 15, 1864, whose unidentified remains, together with those of the Confederate prisoners, have been removed to this cemetery.

William H. Cornell Co. I * Richard Price Co. H

Henry French Co. E * David Smith Co. K

John A. Hart Co. H * Daniel Spicer Co. C

Isaac Jackson Co. A * Hart W. Vanalstine Co. E

Thomas M. Jeffery Co. A * Ozro Vannorman Co. A

Joseph Lingo Co. A * Gotlieb Volz Co. E

John S. Martin Co. F * Lyman Wetherby Co. F

Edmund Plass Co. F * Adam Wilkinson Co. F

Philip Witchert Co. C.

(Confederate Side):Erected by the

United StatesTo mark the burial place of forty-nine Confederate soldiers who, while prisoners of war, were killed in a railroad accident near Shohola, Pennsylvania, and whose remains were there buried, but subsequently removed to this cemetery, where the individual graves cannot now be identified.

Names-------------Co. Regt.

Adams, Joseph A 51 N.C.

Baker, Jesse E. F 51 N.C.

Baxley, John W. A 31 N.C.

Bessent, J.H., Corp. C 51 N.C.

Bird, .H. I 26 Va.

Bowers, W. B 48 N.C.

Briggs, R. E 31 N.C.

Bright J.W. A 26 Va.

Bryant, Travers I 51 N.C.

Cain M. Pegram's Va. Batty.

Callehan C. C 10-Cav.

Cary, J.W. I 51 N.C.

Center, C.O. H 52 N.C.

Davis, John D. I 51 N.C.

Dever, N.H. I 51 N.C.

Fuller, Byam H 24 Ga.

Gatton, W.F. B 35 Va. Cav.

Green, Henry A 9 Va.

Ham, Wm. B. Sgt. E 8 N.C.

Hardison, J.J. I 51 N.C.

Hatch, J.S. H 53 N.C.

Haynes, R.P. Sgt. H 26 Va.

Jackson, Wm. M. C 53 Ga.

Joiner, A. C 13 Va.

Jones, Wm. A. D 22 Va.

Lee, S.W. K 8 N.C.

McCorquadale, M. I 51 N.C

McCurvey, T.W. K 16 Ga.

McQuaque, A B 31 N.C.

Manning, Wallace F 31 N.C.

Mitchell, Joseph B 42 Va. Cav.

Munroe, Duncan I 51 N.C.

Parks, J.C. H 22 Va.

Patrick, J.N. H 26 Va.

Peiks, J.D. E 47 Va.

Pitchford, R.D. E 1 N.C. Cav.

Pope, D.W. I 51 N.C.

Reaser, Philip D 26 Va. Battn.

Reuls, J.W. E 31 N.C.

Samkins, T.C. C 2 Ga. Cav.

Sanford, J.F. A 44 N.C.

Sangford, W.B. K 16 Ga.

Sapt, F.W. E 22 N.C.

Smatley, G. C. C Ga. Legion

Stauffer, N.B. D 42 N.C.

Strickland, T.J. I 51 N.C.

Vaughan, Henry E 47 Va.

Watson, S.D., Sgt. F 51 N.C.

Williams, Jas. H. K 53 Ga.

Marker can be reached from Davis Street, on the right when traveling south.

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