Private Albert C. Nesbit (William's Brother) Died During the War

From Find-A-Grave.

PVT Albert C. Nesbit

BIRTH:  1844, Georgia

DEATH:  19 July 1862 (aged 17-18)

Richmond, Virginia

BURIAL:  Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

PLOT:  Soldiers Section,   Lot unknown.

Private, Company E, 22nd Georgia Volunteer Infantry.  Enlisted at Camp McDonald on 31 August 1861.  His CSA file states simply that he died at Richmond (not that he was killed).  He never married.  (He very well may have died from a disease.)

He was Lt. William H. Nesbit's younger brother who served in the same company and regiment.

--Old Secesh

Jefferson Davis, Jr.-- Part 3

Jefferson, Jr., became secretary at Beauvoir in 1877 and supposedly studied French and medicine in his free time.

In 1878, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee where his brother-in-law, Addison Hayes, found him a job as a bank clerk.

Just a few months later, he fell ill during a yellow fever epidemic and died Oct. 16, 1878.

He was first buried in Memphis, but later reinterred near his father in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery in 1895.  He died at the age of 21.

--Old Secesh

The SCV Sees the Flag Attack As a "Nightmare"-- Part 2

Commander Barrow continued:  "They want to remove our flags, the names of our streets, our monuments.  We're in a country that's supposed to be tolerant, and suddenly they're targeting our culture.  I can't wait to wake up from this nightmare."

These comments came after a ceremony at Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery to honor the Pennsylvania doctor who in the 1870s exhumed the remains of thousands of Confederate soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg and had their remains shipped back.  (Sure sounds like something a racist group would do.)

About 18,000 Confederate soldiers are buried at Hollywood Cemetery, many in an area referred to as Gettysburg Hill thanks to the doctor's efforts. Small Confederate flags were fluttering amongst the tombstones.

Jefferson Davis along with U.S. presidents John Tyler and James Monroe are also buried there.

--Old Secesh

12 Fascinating Civil War Sites-- Part 2: Don't Miss

3. ANTIETAM, MARYLAND-- The barttlefield, of course, but Don't Miss the Pry House which is a medical museum on the battlefield grounds. During the battle it served as a hospital and Clara Barton worked there. Also, I might add not to expect the same sort of experience in regards to businesses associated with the battle.

HARPER'S FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA-- Of course, all the John Brown stuff, but, Don't Miss the two mile Cliff Trail loop hike.

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA-- Of course, there is Monument Avenue, the Walking Tour of the African-American Experience, the American Civil War Center at the former Tredegar Iron Works which produced artillery and iron for the Confederacy, but, Don't Miss Hollywood Cemetery where U.S. Presidents Monroe and Tyler are buried as well as Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Also, Generals George Pickett and JEB Stuart.

Put Them On Your Itinerary. --Old Secesh