MS Cedar Hill Cemetery Website

[Championhilz]

There is a new website concerning Union and Confederate burials in Cedar Hill Cemetery at Vicksburg: https://www.soldiersrestvicksburgms.com/

 

[UCVRelics]

Awesome website and it was much needed. Thanks for posting it.

 

[WKFurlow]

Soldiers' Rest / Cedar Hill – early numbered graves 121 & 124 (Fisher) vs. later trench burials and the Wamack anchor

I'm trying to clarify how the burial pattern at Vicksburg's City Cemetery (Cedar Hill) developed, and how the early, individually numbered graves relate to the later trench burials at Soldiers' Rest and to the Wamack "anchor" grave.

From what I understand, Cedar Hill began with individual burials recorded by the sexton, including an area he called "Potter's Field" and then a "new graveyard." In the Fisher Funeral Home records, for example, I see:

• J. M. Furlow, 10 Aug 1862, Co. K, Withers Artillery, Grave 121.
• In the same sequence: unknown Confederate soldiers from City Hospital in Graves 118, 124 (13 Aug 1862), and 125.

Only later, after the war (from 1866), did the Vicksburg Confederate Cemetery Association bring scattered Confederate remains into a Confederate section "on a hill inside City Cemetery," which became Soldiers' Rest. That hill section is where the large trench‑style or massed reburials appear, separate from the earlier, lower‑lying individually numbered graves.

So, as I understand the chronology:

• Early war (including 1862): Individual, numbered graves in Cedar Hill/City Cemetery (Potter's Field and "new graveyard"), including Fisher's Graves 118, 121, 124, 125.
• Post‑war (from 1866): Concentration of Confederate dead into Soldiers' Rest on the hill inside the same cemetery, with many trench‑style reburials.

Modern researchers often associate Fisher's "Unknown Confederate Soldier from City Hospital, Grave 124" (13 Aug 1862) with B. G. / B. D. Wamack, whose ornate original stone survived, was removed, and later re‑set on a private or family plot. I'm trying to understand exactly how that association and placement were worked out.

My questions for anyone familiar with the reconstruction work at Soldiers' Rest (SCV J. C. Pemberton Camp 1354, local UDC, Old Courthouse Museum, etc.):

1. Are there any maps, sketches, or notes that try to place these early Fisher grave numbers—especially Grave 121 (J. M. Furlow) and the 13 August 1862 "Unknown" at Grave 124—onto specific locations on the ground, separate from the later VA headstone grid and trench rows?
2. How was B. G. / B. D. Wamack linked to Fisher's "Unknown Confederate Soldier from City Hospital, Grave 124," and when his ornate original stone was re‑set in a private/family plot, was that done at (or very near) the reconstructed Grave 124 location or simply as a family placement without regard to the original coordinates?
3. If Wamack/Grave 124 has been physically "fixed" in this way, is that spot understood to lie within the old Potter's Field / early numbered‑grave area of Cedar Hill, or within/adjacent to the Soldiers' Rest hill section?

I'm a direct descendant of James Madison Furlow (the J. M. Furlow listed at Grave 121 in Fisher) and would be very grateful for any information, corrections, or pointers to maps and notes that address this.

Thank you,
William

 

[alan polk]

Soldiers' Rest / Cedar Hill – early numbered graves 121 & 124 (Fisher) vs. later trench burials and the Wamack anchor

I'm trying to clarify how the burial pattern at Vicksburg's City Cemetery (Cedar Hill) developed, and how the early, individually numbered graves relate to the later trench burials at Soldiers' Rest and to the Wamack "anchor" grave.

From what I understand, Cedar Hill began with individual burials recorded by the sexton, including an area he called "Potter's Field" and then a "new graveyard." In the Fisher Funeral Home records, for example, I see:

• J. M. Furlow, 10 Aug 1862, Co. K, Withers Artillery, Grave 121.
• In the same sequence: unknown Confederate soldiers from City Hospital in Graves 118, 124 (13 Aug 1862), and 125.

Only later, after the war (from 1866), did the Vicksburg Confederate Cemetery Association bring scattered Confederate remains into a Confederate section "on a hill inside City Cemetery," which became Soldiers' Rest. That hill section is where the large trench‑style or massed reburials appear, separate from the earlier, lower‑lying individually numbered graves.

So, as I understand the chronology:

• Early war (including 1862): Individual, numbered graves in Cedar Hill/City Cemetery (Potter's Field and "new graveyard"), including Fisher's Graves 118, 121, 124, 125.
• Post‑war (from 1866): Concentration of Confederate dead into Soldiers' Rest on the hill inside the same cemetery, with many trench‑style reburials.

Modern researchers often associate Fisher's "Unknown Confederate Soldier from City Hospital, Grave 124" (13 Aug 1862) with B. G. / B. D. Wamack, whose ornate original stone survived, was removed, and later re‑set on a private or family plot. I'm trying to understand exactly how that association and placement were worked out.

My questions for anyone familiar with the reconstruction work at Soldiers' Rest (SCV J. C. Pemberton Camp 1354, local UDC, Old Courthouse Museum, etc.):

1. Are there any maps, sketches, or notes that try to place these early Fisher grave numbers—especially Grave 121 (J. M. Furlow) and the 13 August 1862 "Unknown" at Grave 124—onto specific locations on the ground, separate from the later VA headstone grid and trench rows?
2. How was B. G. / B. D. Wamack linked to Fisher's "Unknown Confederate Soldier from City Hospital, Grave 124," and when his ornate original stone was re‑set in a private/family plot, was that done at (or very near) the reconstructed Grave 124 location or simply as a family placement without regard to the original coordinates?
3. If Wamack/Grave 124 has been physically "fixed" in this way, is that spot understood to lie within the old Potter's Field / early numbered‑grave area of Cedar Hill, or within/adjacent to the Soldiers' Rest hill section?

I'm a direct descendant of James Madison Furlow (the J. M. Furlow listed at Grave 121 in Fisher) and would be very grateful for any information, corrections, or pointers to maps and notes that address this.

Thank you,
William

@Tompre may know.

 

[WKFurlow]

@Tompre may know.

Thank you.

 

[WKFurlow]

There is a new website concerning Union and Confederate burials in Cedar Hill Cemetery at Vicksburg: https://www.soldiersrestvicksburgms.com/

View attachment 555624

There is a wealth of information on that website.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

This is a very well done and impressive website.

 

[Tompre]

Soldiers' Rest / Cedar Hill – early numbered graves 121 & 124 (Fisher) vs. later trench burials and the Wamack anchor

I'm trying to clarify how the burial pattern at Vicksburg's City Cemetery (Cedar Hill) developed, and how the early, individually numbered graves relate to the later trench burials at Soldiers' Rest and to the Wamack "anchor" grave.

From what I understand, Cedar Hill began with individual burials recorded by the sexton, including an area he called "Potter's Field" and then a "new graveyard." In the Fisher Funeral Home records, for example, I see:

• J. M. Furlow, 10 Aug 1862, Co. K, Withers Artillery, Grave 121.
• In the same sequence: unknown Confederate soldiers from City Hospital in Graves 118, 124 (13 Aug 1862), and 125.

Only later, after the war (from 1866), did the Vicksburg Confederate Cemetery Association bring scattered Confederate remains into a Confederate section "on a hill inside City Cemetery," which became Soldiers' Rest. That hill section is where the large trench‑style or massed reburials appear, separate from the earlier, lower‑lying individually numbered graves.

So, as I understand the chronology:

• Early war (including 1862): Individual, numbered graves in Cedar Hill/City Cemetery (Potter's Field and "new graveyard"), including Fisher's Graves 118, 121, 124, 125.
• Post‑war (from 1866): Concentration of Confederate dead into Soldiers' Rest on the hill inside the same cemetery, with many trench‑style reburials.

Modern researchers often associate Fisher's "Unknown Confederate Soldier from City Hospital, Grave 124" (13 Aug 1862) with B. G. / B. D. Wamack, whose ornate original stone survived, was removed, and later re‑set on a private or family plot. I'm trying to understand exactly how that association and placement were worked out.

My questions for anyone familiar with the reconstruction work at Soldiers' Rest (SCV J. C. Pemberton Camp 1354, local UDC, Old Courthouse Museum, etc.):

1. Are there any maps, sketches, or notes that try to place these early Fisher grave numbers—especially Grave 121 (J. M. Furlow) and the 13 August 1862 "Unknown" at Grave 124—onto specific locations on the ground, separate from the later VA headstone grid and trench rows?
2. How was B. G. / B. D. Wamack linked to Fisher's "Unknown Confederate Soldier from City Hospital, Grave 124," and when his ornate original stone was re‑set in a private/family plot, was that done at (or very near) the reconstructed Grave 124 location or simply as a family placement without regard to the original coordinates?
3. If Wamack/Grave 124 has been physically "fixed" in this way, is that spot understood to lie within the old Potter's Field / early numbered‑grave area of Cedar Hill, or within/adjacent to the Soldiers' Rest hill section?

I'm a direct descendant of James Madison Furlow (the J. M. Furlow listed at Grave 121 in Fisher) and would be very grateful for any information, corrections, or pointers to maps and notes that address this.

Thank you,
William

History of Soldiers Rest

www.soldiersrestvicksburgms.com

 

[Tompre]

Soldiers' Rest / Cedar Hill – early numbered graves 121 & 124 (Fisher) vs. later trench burials and the Wamack anchor

I'm trying to clarify how the burial pattern at Vicksburg's City Cemetery (Cedar Hill) developed, and how the early, individually numbered graves relate to the later trench burials at Soldiers' Rest and to the Wamack "anchor" grave.

From what I understand, Cedar Hill began with individual burials recorded by the sexton, including an area he called "Potter's Field" and then a "new graveyard." In the Fisher Funeral Home records, for example, I see:

• J. M. Furlow, 10 Aug 1862, Co. K, Withers Artillery, Grave 121.
• In the same sequence: unknown Confederate soldiers from City Hospital in Graves 118, 124 (13 Aug 1862), and 125.

Only later, after the war (from 1866), did the Vicksburg Confederate Cemetery Association bring scattered Confederate remains into a Confederate section "on a hill inside City Cemetery," which became Soldiers' Rest. That hill section is where the large trench‑style or massed reburials appear, separate from the earlier, lower‑lying individually numbered graves.

So, as I understand the chronology:

• Early war (including 1862): Individual, numbered graves in Cedar Hill/City Cemetery (Potter's Field and "new graveyard"), including Fisher's Graves 118, 121, 124, 125.
• Post‑war (from 1866): Concentration of Confederate dead into Soldiers' Rest on the hill inside the same cemetery, with many trench‑style reburials.

Modern researchers often associate Fisher's "Unknown Confederate Soldier from City Hospital, Grave 124" (13 Aug 1862) with B. G. / B. D. Wamack, whose ornate original stone survived, was removed, and later re‑set on a private or family plot. I'm trying to understand exactly how that association and placement were worked out.

My questions for anyone familiar with the reconstruction work at Soldiers' Rest (SCV J. C. Pemberton Camp 1354, local UDC, Old Courthouse Museum, etc.):

1. Are there any maps, sketches, or notes that try to place these early Fisher grave numbers—especially Grave 121 (J. M. Furlow) and the 13 August 1862 "Unknown" at Grave 124—onto specific locations on the ground, separate from the later VA headstone grid and trench rows?
2. How was B. G. / B. D. Wamack linked to Fisher's "Unknown Confederate Soldier from City Hospital, Grave 124," and when his ornate original stone was re‑set in a private/family plot, was that done at (or very near) the reconstructed Grave 124 location or simply as a family placement without regard to the original coordinates?
3. If Wamack/Grave 124 has been physically "fixed" in this way, is that spot understood to lie within the old Potter's Field / early numbered‑grave area of Cedar Hill, or within/adjacent to the Soldiers' Rest hill section?

I'm a direct descendant of James Madison Furlow (the J. M. Furlow listed at Grave 121 in Fisher) and would be very grateful for any information, corrections, or pointers to maps and notes that address this.

There are two stones .I will ask Bryan Skipworth, he is in charge of Soldiers Rest and is the one who created the new website on SR.

 

[WKFurlow]

There are two stones .I will ask Bryan Skipworth, he is in charge of Soldiers Rest and is the one who created the new website on SR.

Got that part resolved. Thank you