BereniceUK
Private
- Joined
- Dec 8, 2013
- Location
- Lancaster, Lancashire
In addition to Frederick Phisterer, U.S. Army Generals James W. Forsyth, John G. Mitchell, Joseph H. Potter and Charles C. Walcutt are buried here. Probably the most famous names at Green Lawn are Eddie Rickenbacker and James Thurber.
Green Lawn was, and still is, is the most prestigious cemetery in Columbus and there are many large memorials in its grounds. Well worth a wander round and you can pick up a guide to the locations of its notable graves at the cemetery office.
The memorial below was erected by the Franklin County Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Association and the County Commissioners in 1890.
Ovid Wellford Smith. http://www.andrewsraid.com/jsmith2.html
Frederick Phisterer (born at Stuttgart, Germany, probably with the surname 'Pfisterer'). His Medal of Honor citation reads "The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Frederick Phisterer, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 31 December 1862, while serving with 18th U.S. Infantry, in action at Stone River, Tennessee. First Lieutenant Phisterer voluntarily conveyed, under a heavy fire, information to the commander of a battalion of regular troops by which the battalion was saved from capture or annihilation."
Green Lawn was, and still is, is the most prestigious cemetery in Columbus and there are many large memorials in its grounds. Well worth a wander round and you can pick up a guide to the locations of its notable graves at the cemetery office.
The memorial below was erected by the Franklin County Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Association and the County Commissioners in 1890.
Ovid Wellford Smith. http://www.andrewsraid.com/jsmith2.html
Frederick Phisterer (born at Stuttgart, Germany, probably with the surname 'Pfisterer'). His Medal of Honor citation reads "The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Frederick Phisterer, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 31 December 1862, while serving with 18th U.S. Infantry, in action at Stone River, Tennessee. First Lieutenant Phisterer voluntarily conveyed, under a heavy fire, information to the commander of a battalion of regular troops by which the battalion was saved from capture or annihilation."