One of the Confederates buried at the cemetery is Private William Joseph "Willie" Hardee, Jr..
From a Find-a-Grave. Private William Joseph "Willie" Hardee, Jr., the son of Confederate Lt. General William Hardee, was born in St. Augustine, Florida in 1847 and died March 23, 1865. He had been tutored by Oliver O. Howard before the war while his father was commandant of the cadets from 1856-1860. The Howards and Hardees were close personal friends.
Young Willie was mortally wounded after just a few days in Confederate service at the Battle of Bentonville in North Carolina by troops led by his former tutor and was brought to Hillsborough where he died.
--Old Secesh
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