Also buried at the St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Hillsborough, N.C.:
Rebecca Edwards Long Jones, 1795-1881, who had four sons who served in the Confederate Army.
Col. Allen Cadawallander Jones, born 1811, commander of the 5th Alabama.
Col. Cadalander Jones, III, born 1813 commander of 12th South Carolina Regiment.
Captain Halcott Pride Jones, born 1815. Commander Co. G, 27th North Carolina.
Captain Robert Allen Cadwallader Jones, born 1826. Captain of Co. H, 1st South Carolina Cavalry. Killed at the Battle of Brandy Station, June 3, 1863 at the age of 34 and buried at St. Matthew's.
--Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Showing posts with label Hillsborough N.C.. Show all posts
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
"Ghosts of the Confederacy" Tour in Hillsborough, N.C.-- Part 2: The Short Military Career of Willie Hardee
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
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
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Hillsborough (N.C.) "Ghosts of the Confederacy" Tour of Gravesites-- Part 1
From the April 12, 2014, Columbus (Ind) Republic, AP.
Confederate dead are buried at St. Matthews Episcopal Church Cemetery in Hillsborough, west of Raleigh.
The Alliance for Historical Hillsborough is hosting a graves tour, including that of a general's son killed on his first day as a member of the cavalry; sons of a tailor and governor who entered the war together. One survived the single bloodiest day in American history, Antietam. The other didn't.
There was also a rector who was too grief-stricken to officiate his son's funeral in the last days of the war.
--Old Secesh
Confederate dead are buried at St. Matthews Episcopal Church Cemetery in Hillsborough, west of Raleigh.
The Alliance for Historical Hillsborough is hosting a graves tour, including that of a general's son killed on his first day as a member of the cavalry; sons of a tailor and governor who entered the war together. One survived the single bloodiest day in American history, Antietam. The other didn't.
There was also a rector who was too grief-stricken to officiate his son's funeral in the last days of the war.
--Old Secesh
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