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Confederate Veteran, Vol. XVI, October,
1908, page 514.
CONFEDERATE CEMETERY, THOMASVILLE, N.C.
by Rev. Dr. William H. Rich, Macon, Ga.
Who can ever forget the disastrous
march of Gen. W.T. Sherman through Georgia, South Carolina and into
North Carolina. leaving death and destruction in his wake ? On April 26,
1865, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to him near Greensboro, N.C.
Some of the sick and wounded soldiers were carried to Thomasville, N.C.
and the Baptist church building was turned into a hospital, where
faithful and patriotic woman ministered to them in their sufferings,
wiped the death damp from their brows and tenderly laid their bodies to
rest in the cemetery hard by.
These women and their daughters to
whom they told the story of their loving work have been endeavoring to
erect a monument to mark the last resting place of those battle-torn
heroes.
Herein I give a list of those buried
there. Send all contributions to me.
LIST OF THESE COMRADES:
B. ZEIGLER, S.C. VOL. -April 15, 1865.
S.A. DOUGLAS, Corp Co. A, 17th Bat. S.C. -
April 10, 1865.
LIEUT. G.S. GARVIN, Co. D, 2d Bat.,
S.C.-April 13, 1865.
E.J. STEVENSON, Co. F, 2d S.C. Regt.-
April 2, 1865.
T.W. STUART, Co. D, 2d Bat. S.C. Reserves-
March 31, 1865.
W.W. REED, Co. F, 2d S.C. Regt.- 1865.
[ date of death]
{ I only list those from South Carolina}
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