CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, VA - CEMETERIES – Green Lawn Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Confederate veterans in Green Lawn Cemetery: 1936 Nov. 26 Research made by Dorothy Diffenderfer Cemetery Location: City of Newport News, Virginia DATE: 1865. OWNERS: Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans of Hampton, Virginia. DESCRIPTION: (blank) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: A list of Confederate prisoners of the War who died at Newport News, Virginia, and were buried on the West Farm and were re-interred by the Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans of Hampton, Virginia, in Green Lawn Cemetery under the Confederate Monument. This list was furnished by the Green Lawn Cemetery Company of Newport News, Virginia as follows: Date of Name Rank Co. Rg. death Apr 27 1865 James Mercer Priv A 18 Va. Battalion Apr 30 1865 James F. Hollins Priv B 59 Alabama May 1 1865 Charles Boyle Priv F 11th Va. Reg. May 2 1865 J. Taylor Priv K 54. N.C. Reg. May 2 1865 J. J. Lassiter Priv F 11 Florida May 3 1865 Booker Smith Sergt C 46 Va. May 3 1865 F. Bates Corpl E 11th Va. May 4 1865 John Tanner Priv F 11th Va. May 5 1865 G. Bloxom Priv E 32 Va. May 5 1865 T. L. Via Sergt H 57 Va. May 6 1865 H. J. Chiswell Priv C 11 Florida May 6 1865 ____ Simms Priv D 20th N.C. May 6 1865 B. Beckman Priv F 1st S.C. Art. May 6 1865 John A. Whitman Priv K 57 N.C. May 7 1865 J. P. Willoughby Priv C Legion Hampton May 7 1865 C. E. Haynes Priv H 13 Georgia May 8 1865 Benjamin Hunt Priv A Cobbs Legion May 8 1865 L. J. Chapman Priv G 37 N.C. May 9 1865 Daniel Rapidan Priv C 32 N.C. May 9 1865 D. Carroll Priv C 53 N.C. May 9 1865 Abner Shiver Priv F 11 F C May 9 1865 G. H. Holtsclow Priv C 46 Va. May 10 1865 J. S. Reynolds Priv C 46 Va. May 11 1865 F. Hassebank Priv B Hygers Bat. May 11 1865 Peter McGee Priv A 25th Va. May 12 1865 J. C. Youn Priv 1 22 S.C. May 12 1865 Samuel Wood Priv B 10 Va. May 12 1865 J. Clayton Priv F 1st S.C. Art. May 12 1865 A. Nenter Priv A 1 Eng. May 13 1865 R. S. Rhodes Priv D 45 N.C. May 14 1865 W. S. Shaw Priv K 45 N.C. May 14 1865 J. W. Holland Priv A 18 Va. Art. May 14 1865 J. B. McGinnis Priv H 35 N.C. May 15 1865 J. F. McCoy Priv K 6 S.C. May 16 1865 E. Kelly Priv E 2 S.C. May 17 1865 J. D. Clark Priv K 54 N.C. May 17 1865 Jacob Rudesil Priv B 10 Va. Bat. May 18 1865 A. B. Smith Priv C 46 Va. May 19 1865 W. O. Fields Priv B 10 Va. Bat. May 20 1865 Rabbileish Priv D 22 Georgia May 20 1865 B. Wilkerson Priv G 18 Va. May 20 1865 Michael Plaster Priv 1 24 Va. May 20 1865 Wm. Elkins Priv 1 5th S.C. May 21 1865 S. R. Donahue Sergt H 6th N.C. May 22 1865 Thos. H. Andrews Priv C 10 Va. Art. May 22 1865 John McClenahan Priv K 30 Va. May 22 1865 Thos. J. Belford Priv A 26th Miss. May 23 1865 A. N. Tunstill Priv E 44 Va. Bat. May 23 1865 H. Pickering Priv H 6th Georgia May 23 1865 J. M. Dixon Priv D 18 Va. Art. May 23 1865 G. W. Wright Priv B 34 N.E. May 23 1865 A. P. Allen Priv H 8th Bat. Georgia May 24 1865 W. W. Knier Priv F 49 N.C. May 24 1865 Marcellus Goodwin Priv E 19 Va. Bat. May 25 1865 M. L. Shelton Priv H 38 Va. May 25 1865 J. Fowler Priv F 18 S.C. May 25 1865 G. W. Cundeff Priv B 10 Va. Bat. May 27 1865 J. R. Reed Priv G 13 Georgia May 27 1865 C. J. Grady Priv H 46 Va. May 27 1865 J. McEweuen Priv B 1 Eng. Reg. May 28 1865 Henry Holmes Priv E 64 Georgia May 28 1865 J. S. Gibbs Priv D 34 N.C. May 29 1865 L. W. Robertson Priv A 20 Va. Bat. May 29 1865 Thomas Parish Priv D 48 N.C. May 30 1865 V. A. Palmer Priv E Cobbs Ga. Legion May 31 1865 James F. Martin Priv 1 54 N.C. May 31 1865 James Oakley Priv 1 Hampton Art. June 1 1865 M. McAuley Priv E 48 N.C. June 2 1865 T. W. Johnson Priv H 46 Va. June 2 1865 Luther Yount Priv C Pogue’s Art. June 2 1865 M. Jones Priv D 18 Va. June 2 1865 M. P. Dudley Priv H 57 Va. June 3 1865 A. Campbell Priv B 18 S.C. June 3 1865 A. E. Williams Priv A 18 Va. Bat. June 4 1865 J. W. Wooden Priv E 5th N.C. June 4 1865 Sam P. Spickard Sergt H 24th Va. June 4 1865 W. D. Wright Priv K 11 Va. June 4 1865 B. B. Bayken Corpl A 15 N.C. June 7 1865 R. McMurry Priv K 1 S.C. Eng. June 7 1865 M. A. Edlis Priv G 48 Georgia June 7 1865 J. M. Chapman Priv E 6th N.C. June 9 1865 Thos. Goodwin Priv A 30th Georgia June 9 1865 M. C. House Priv 1 3rd Ark. June 9 1865 C. Slater Priv H 11 Florida June 10 1865 B. B. Jackson Priv – Jeff Davis Art. June 10 1865 W. S. Cruise Priv E 6th N.C. June 10 1865 J. Lindsay Priv 1 11 Va. June 10 1865 Louis Knettel Priv K 30th Va. June 10 1865 David Sweet Priv E 7th Tenn. June 10 1865 Wm. Rousley Priv E 4th N.C. June 11 1865 D. Ray Priv E 57th Va. June 11 1865 J. D. Rice Priv C 6th N.C. June 11 1865 W. G. Andrews Lieut C 10 Va. June 11 1865 E. W. Lane Priv C 18 Va. June 12 1865 C. J. Fox Priv F 11 Va. June 12 1865 J. L. Davis Sergt C 18 Va. June 12 1865 R. M. Hudson Priv D 19th Va. June 12 1865 Andrew Wells Priv B 9th Florida June 12 1865 S. L. Nunn Priv E 34th Va. June 12 1865 F. M. Stone Priv D Hampton Legion June 13 1865 W. J. Waters Priv K 66th Ga. June 14 1865 Jacob Freesland Priv A 30th N.C. June 14 1865 W. Redding Priv H 56th N.C. June 14 1865 J. E. Kent Priv E Cobbs Legion June 14 1865 A. E. Merrill Priv C 11 Va. June 14 1865 M. F. Wells Priv B 10 Va. June 15 1865 J. D. Reynolds Priv B 38 Va. June 15 1865 James M. Clouty Priv – 11 N.C. June 15 1865 J. R. Nerwichael Priv K 32 N.C. June 16 1865 David Foley Priv A 57 Va. June 16 1865 J. R. Dinnis Priv E 11th S.C. June 16 1865 James L. Guthrie Priv D 19th Va. Bat. June 16 1865 J. N. Huffman Priv 1 Va. June 17 1865 W. L. Husley Priv E 25 N.C. June 17 1865 Andrew Lee Priv D 41st Ala. June 17 1865 David Gregory Priv F 41st Ala. June 18 1865 W. Ramsey Priv H 38 Georgia June 18 1865 J. B. Cook Priv A 34th Va. June 18 1865 C. Simmons Priv K 30th N.C. June 19 1865 A. Jacobs Priv F 11th Florida June 19 1865 Monoghan Priv H 57th N.C. June 19 1865 Wm. Mexon Priv H 3rd N.C. June 19 1865 G. A. Anderson Priv H Madison Art. June 19 1865 S. J. Cordell Priv A 1st N.C. June 19 1865 J. Brown Priv A Striblings Va. June 20 1865 M. O. Oglesby Priv B Florida June 21 1865 J. N. Vinyard Priv B 10th Florida June 22 1865 W. N. Jones Priv B 30th N.C. June 23 1865 N. Barnes Priv C 16th Ga. June 23 1865 P. M. Johnson Priv 1st 41st Ala June 23 1865 Edward E. Cox Priv H Hampton Legion June 23 1865 J. Davis Priv F 9th Va. June 23 1865 B. Lucious Priv F 28 Ga. Bat. June 23 1865 Wm. Shoemaker Priv A 24th Va. Cav. June 24 1865 J. D. Plunkett Priv F 3rd Ga. June 24 1865 James E. Lane Priv A 11th Va. June 24 1865 J. H. Hopkins Priv B 22nd S.C. June 24 1865 P. G. Thomas Priv H 3rd N.C. June 24 1865 J. Welson Priv H 2nd N.C. June 24 1865 C. N. Roy Priv G 34th Va. June 24 1865 W. _. Bean Priv F 23rd N.C. June 26 1865 G. W. Morris Priv H 34th Va. June 26 1865 S. Blankenship Priv C 56th Va. June 27 1865 W. C. Alexander Priv B 13th N.C. June 28 1865 J. E. Simons Priv 1 2nd Louisiana June 28 1865 W. Berges Priv A 18th S.C. June 28 1865 Wm. S. Cuthbertson Priv H 5th N.C. June 29 1865 James L. Woolridge Priv B 46th Va. June 29 1865 _. J. Younger Priv E 45th Va. June 30 1865 John Harris Priv E Navy B.N.C. June 30 1865 A. M. Richardson Priv B 18 Ga. July 2 1865 Samuel Hudgens Priv A 10th Va. July 2 1865 H. P. Bristoe Priv A 34th Va. July 2 1865 Wm. Slaughter Priv F 9th Va. July 3 1865 T. D. Trent Priv C 18th Va. Bat. July 4 1865 Charles Guill Priv F 53rd Va. The following were buried on Craney Island: Apr 19 1865 Thos. B. Bryant Priv – 18th Va. Bat. Apr 22 1865 F. _ Jolly Priv A 11th Alabama Apr 26 1865 Jacob Hawlin Priv E 57th N.C. This monument was erected with the following inscription: To Our Soldiers dead, erected by the Camp Lee No. 3 of Confederate Veterans of Hampton, Virginia. A tribute from the hearts of our Surviving comrades who died at Newport News, in 1861-1865, remains of Confederate Soldiers. 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