Generals at Rest

Hill Crest Cemetery in Holly Springs, MS.

General Winfield Scott Featherston

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General Edward Walthall

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General Daniel Govan

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Fort Robinette Cemetery, Corinth MS

General Joseph Hogg

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I've noticed that on several of the VA headstones over Confederate generals like Baker in the previous post, Savannah's Hugh Mercer pictured earlier, and and Mississippi's Benjamin Humphreys in the Port Gibson Cemetery above their correct rank is stated but also the infantry regiment they began the war commanding. That seems like it will definitely cause confusion for later genealogists who won't know any better! Although already posted in this thread, the cemetery is also the location of the grave of Earl Van Dorn below, who for some reason has both a VA as well as a civilian headstone:

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This thread is over 5 years running. Had to scroll though and make sure I am not posting Generals that others have already posted. Brig. Gen. Thomas Waul (CSA), Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas.

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Whenever I take a trip I always make a point to visit the local cemeteries and look for "famous" folks that might be buried there. CW generals are photographed and checked off my list. I am working my way, slowly, through making a photographic catalog of burial sites. Over the next few days I will post some of the ones I have so far.

Albert Sidney Johnston
Texas State Cemetery Austin, TX
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John A. Wharton
Texas State Cemetery Austin, TX
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P. G. T. Beauregard
Metairie Cemetery New Orleans, LA
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Goodness. I've seen kings buried with less folderol than ASJ.
 
Brig. Gen. Griffin A. Stedman(USA), Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut. He was a Colonel when he was mortally wounded at Petersburg on August 5, 1864. He was commissioned Brigadier General on that day and died the next day, August 6, 1864.

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