Visit to Lynchburg VA Jubal Early, Sandusky, and Old City Cemetery

Kathy the history sleuth

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On the way south after the Antietam Muster I visited Lynchburg VA.
The Old City Cemetery had a large Confederate section with a multistate monument. It also has a building with a large mortuary display and also the city hospital for small pox and the railroad depot.





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On the way to Lynchburg I went to Natural Bridge. Turns out the soldiers wanted to go there too.



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19th Century hair weaving art

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Device for weaving hair.


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Representative room in the small pox hospital



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Jubal Early is buried at Spring Hill Cemetery Lynchburg VA, not far from where he commanded his troops. Here is the Find a Grave description:

Civil War Confederate Lieutenant General. He was a delegate to the Secession Convention of 1861 and fought to keep Virginia in the Union, but when outvoted he went to the support of his native state. He entered the Confederate Army as a Colonel in the 24th Virginia and was promoted Brigadier General in command of the 6th Brigade, 1st Corps in July 1861. As a brigade commander, he served with distinction at the Battle of Bull Run, Peninsular Campaign, Battle of Malvern Hill and Cedar Mountain. Promoted Major General in 1863, he led a Division of the 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. In 1864, after the Battle of the Wilderness, he was promoted Lieutenant General in command of operations at Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor. In the last year of the war, commanding the 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, he fought at Waynesboro and was defeated against Union General Phillip H. Sheridan at the Shenandoah Valley. After the war, Early lived in Canada a few years, he returned to Virginia in 1869, opened a law practice and remained bitter over the South's defeat until his death.



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I also was able to view the exterior of Sandusky, David Hunter's Headquarters
The information below is from Wikepedia


In 1864, during the Battle of Lynchburg, Sandusky served as Union headquarters. Among those quartered at the home were Gen. David Hunter and future Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley, who served on Hunter's staff. During the occupation by the Union soldiers, the residents of the house, including retired Major Hutter and his family, were locked upstairs. Before retreating, General Hunter gave orders to his troops to ransack the house, and "Union soldiers plunged bayoneted rifles into the family portraits hanging on the walls..."[3]
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Archeological Dig


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Inside the main museum at the Old City Cemetery they had museums with exhibits about death customs in the 19th Century. These covered coffins allowed people to view their loved ones before embalming. There were certain styles of clothing that society required relatives to wear as well. Women wore black for years, while men only an armband for a short time..



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Roadside in Lynchburg. I saw something similar in Appomattox this year.
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General Early's grave


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Next time you are in Lynchburg, visit the Museum of Lynchburg. There is a Civil War exhibit there and a Confederate monument across the street.
 
Next time you are in Lynchburg, visit the Museum of Lynchburg. There is a Civil War exhibit there and a Confederate monument across the street.
I would definitely go back to Lynchburg. It felt like somewhere I'd like to live, if my kids weren't spread out other places. Many times it takes several visits to see historic places because of operating hours and getting sidetracked lol. Thanks for the tip!
 
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