Stonewall Confederate Cemetery
Historic veterans cemetery in Winchester, Virginia
39°11′00″N 78°09′23″W / 39.1832881°N 78.1564743°W / 39.1832881; -78.1564743Stonewall Confederate Cemetery is a subsection of Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia, established in 1866 for 2,575 Confederate soldiers who died in battle or in the hospitals in and around the Winchester area. A monument over the mass grave of more than 800 unknown Confederate soldiers is at the center of the cemetery, and there is a section for each state member of the Confederacy. The plots are thus organized according to the home states of the fallen soldiers within.[1] There are state monuments in most of the sections.
Notable burials
- The Brothers Ashby:
- Brigadier General Turner Ashby (1828–1862), "Black Knight of the Confederacy", cavalry commander during Jackson's Valley Campaign, killed at Good's Farm
- Captain Richard Ashby (1831–1861), killed by Union patrol near Hampshire County
- The Patton Brothers:
- Colonel George Smith Patton (1833–1864), brigade commander during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, killed at Opequon; grandfather of General George S. Patton, army commander during World War II
- Colonel Waller Tazewell Patton (1835–1863), commander of the 7th Virginia Infantry, mortally wounded during Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg
- Brigadier General Archibald Campbell Godwin (1831–1864), brigade commander during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, killed at Opequon
- Brigadier General Robert Daniel Johnston (1837–1919), brigade commander during the Overland Campaign and in the Valley Campaigns of 1864; father of Colonel Gordon Johnston, Medal of Honor recipient during Philippine–American War
- Major General John George Walker (1821–1893), Mexican–American War veteran, brigade commander during the Peninsula Campaign, commander of Walker's Greyhounds in the Western Theater
References
- ^ Stonewall Confederate Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia
External links
Media related to Stonewall Confederate Cemetery (Winchester, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons- Stonewall Confederate Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stonewall Confederate Cemetery
