Stonewall Confederate Cemetery
{{Short description|Historic veterans cemetery in Winchester, Virginia}}
{{for|the cemetery in Lexington, Virginia|Oak Grove Cemetery (Lexington, Virginia)}}
{{Infobox cemetery
| name = Stonewall Confederate Cemetery
| image = Confederate Unknowns Memorial, Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = Memorial to Confederate unknowns
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| established = 1866
| country = United States
| location = 305 E. Boscawen St., Winchester, Virginia
| coordinates = {{coord|39.1832881|-78.1564743|source:GNIS|format=dms|display=it}}
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| owner = Mount Hebron Cemetery
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| graves = 2,575
| website = [http://mthebroncemetery.org/confederate-cemetery.html Stonewall Confederate Cemetery]
| findagraveid=641504
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Stonewall Confederate Cemetery is a subsection of Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia, established in 1866 for 2,575 Confederate soldiers who died in battle or in the hospitals in and around the Winchester area. A monument over the mass grave of more than 800 unknown Confederate soldiers is at the center of the cemetery, and there is a section for each state member of the Confederacy. The plots are thus organized according to the home states of the fallen soldiers within.[http://www.shenandoah.stonesentinels.com/Stonewall_Cemetery/Stonewall_Cemetery.php Stonewall Confederate Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia] There are state monuments in most of the sections.
Notable burials
- The Brothers Ashby:
- Brigadier General Turner Ashby (1828–1862), "Black Knight of the Confederacy", cavalry commander during Jackson's Valley Campaign, killed at Good's Farm
- Captain Richard Ashby (1831–1861), killed by Union patrol near Hampshire County
- The Patton Brothers:
- Colonel George Smith Patton (1833–1864), brigade commander during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, killed at Opequon; grandfather of General George S. Patton, army commander during World War II
- Colonel Waller Tazewell Patton (1835–1863), commander of the 7th Virginia Infantry, mortally wounded during Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg
- Brigadier General Archibald Campbell Godwin (1831–1864), brigade commander during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, killed at Opequon
- Brigadier General Robert Daniel Johnston (1837–1919), brigade commander during the Overland Campaign and in the Valley Campaigns of 1864; father of Colonel Gordon Johnston, Medal of Honor recipient during Philippine–American War
- Major General John George Walker (1821–1893), Mexican–American War veteran, brigade commander during the Peninsula Campaign, commander of Walker's Greyhounds in the Western Theater
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Stonewall Confederate Cemetery (Winchester, Virginia)}}
- {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
- {{GNIS|2770161}}
Category:1866 establishments in Virginia
Category:Buildings and structures in Winchester, Virginia
Category:Tourist attractions in Winchester, Virginia
Category:Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Virginia