Stonewall Confederate Cemetery Explained

Stonewall Confederate Cemetery
Established:	1866
Country:	United States
Location:	305 E. Boscawen St., Winchester, Virginia
Coordinates:	39.1833°N -78.1565°W
Owner:	Mount Hebron Cemetery
Graves:	2,575
Website:	Stonewall Confederate Cemetery
Findagraveid:	641504

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.^[1] 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.shenandoah.stonesentinels.com/Stonewall_Cemetery/Stonewall_Cemetery.php Stonewall Confederate Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia