LA Confederate Soldier J.L. Reno Buried in NC

Submitted, May 2002, for the LAGenWeb Archives by: 

Martha Pearson Kapp<KAPPSFISH @ aol.com>




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I have found the grave of the following soldier buried in High

Point, NC. I am including info on WHY he is buried there.



       Lt. J. L. Reno  Co. H. 12th Regiment of LA



CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' GRAVES located in Oakwood Cemetary in High Point,

(Guilford County) NC From 1863 thru 1865,over 5,000 wounded Confederate

Soldiers were brought to High Point, NC by train and treated at a temporary

hospital,formerly the Bellvue Hotel, which was across the street from the

depot. Fifty of these soldiers were known to have died while at the hospital

and were buried at various gravesites around the town. It is unknown if they

died of their actual wounds or of smallpox, which was in epidemic in the

area at that time. About 10 years later, the bodies were all moved to the

Oakwood Cemetary and marked accordingly. 



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