From the May 21, 2014, Goldsboro (N.C.) News-Argus.
Picture on the front page of a large photograph of William Gray Hollowell taken at the Confederate Burial Mound at Willowdale Cemetery in Goldsboro.
Caption under the picture reads: "Glenn Fields of the Sons of Confederate Veterans unveils a portrait of Civil War soldier William Gray Hollowell during a Confederate Memorial Day Service at Willowdale Cemetery on Sunday.
"Hollowell was a private in the Goldsboro Rifles who enlisted at the age of 21. He was wounded at the Battle of Bristoe Station, Va., in the fall of 1863 and had his left leg amputated.
"The nation is observing the 150th anniversary of the war. A photography exhibit made available by the state Department of Cultural resources is on display at the Wayne County Public Library through June 28."
My family is related to the Hollowells.
--Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Showing posts with label Willowdale Cemetery Goldsboro NC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Willowdale Cemetery Goldsboro NC. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Monday, June 17, 2013
North Carolina's Civil War Monuments
From the May 26, 2013, Jefferson Post.
Author and photographer Douglas J. Butler of Crumpler has published "North Carolina Civil War Mounuments: An Illustrated History." It has 272 pages and is paperback. Butler says it took him two years and 15,000 miles through the state to make the book which has the histories of dozens of the 109 monuments as well as 137 photographs.
Two monuments I am especially interested in are the one at Wilmington's Oakdale Cemetery for 367 Confederate dead buried there. Goldsboro's Willowdale has a mass grave for 800 dead.
Of Great Interest to Me. --Old Secesh
Author and photographer Douglas J. Butler of Crumpler has published "North Carolina Civil War Mounuments: An Illustrated History." It has 272 pages and is paperback. Butler says it took him two years and 15,000 miles through the state to make the book which has the histories of dozens of the 109 monuments as well as 137 photographs.
Two monuments I am especially interested in are the one at Wilmington's Oakdale Cemetery for 367 Confederate dead buried there. Goldsboro's Willowdale has a mass grave for 800 dead.
Of Great Interest to Me. --Old Secesh
Friday, May 10, 2013
Confederate Legacy-- Part 15 Stacey Jones and the Goldsboro Rifles
Stacey Jones is a descendant of a soldier who served in the Goldsboro Rifles and has done much research on the unit. It was reformed after the Civil War and called to duty in the Spanish-American War and World War I as well. he has written a book on the Rifles.
"For me, it's all about family. This is not just local; history, these men were out families."
Jones noted that when the Rifles dedicated the Confederate monument at Willowdale Cemetery in the 1880s, that some 2,000 attended. "Today, it's all we can do to get 20-30 people there (for Confederate Memorial Day). Unless we take steps to remember them, they will be forgotten."
And, now, sadly,there are certain groups trying to discredit the Confederate soldier for protecting his home and family because of the slavery issue. They would have you believe that all Confederates were the worst people who ever lived because of it.
That's Just Not the Way It Is. --Old Secesh
"For me, it's all about family. This is not just local; history, these men were out families."
Jones noted that when the Rifles dedicated the Confederate monument at Willowdale Cemetery in the 1880s, that some 2,000 attended. "Today, it's all we can do to get 20-30 people there (for Confederate Memorial Day). Unless we take steps to remember them, they will be forgotten."
And, now, sadly,there are certain groups trying to discredit the Confederate soldier for protecting his home and family because of the slavery issue. They would have you believe that all Confederates were the worst people who ever lived because of it.
That's Just Not the Way It Is. --Old Secesh
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