"When the cemetery was finally begun in Hagerstown, more than ten years after the battles, Henry Mumma was hired for the task of moving the bodies. He identified those he could, but as the Hagerstown Herald Weekly of June 1874 reported: 122 were brought to the Cemetery on Saturday, of whom only the eight following were recognized: M. Grubne, Co. C, 16th Georgia; Benj. Mathews, Co. F, 16th Georgia; E. H. A., Georgia; Capt. N. Reeder, Co. H, 16th Georgia; Wm. Smith, Co. B, 16th Georgia; Thomas Hobbs, Co. K, 16th Georgia; Thomas Sander, Co. G, 10th Georgia; Dr. Braddock, S.C." - Washington Confederate Cemetery, http://www.whilbr.org/WashingtonConfederateCemetery/index.aspx.
"At Berkettsville, North of the Lutheran Church, in a grove of woods, is the grave of Dr. Bradox." — Source: "The Confederate Dead at Sharpsburg" in The Daily Phoenix, 11 Jul 1866.
"Buried close along the fence on west side of woods back of graveyard in Burkettsville, graves good condition and boards still here." — Source: "The Known Dead Buried in the Washington Confederate Cemetery in Hagerstown," Western Maryland Regional Library, Hagerstown, Maryland.
"At Berkettsville, North of the Lutheran Church, in a grove of woods, is the grave of Dr. Bradox." — Source: "The Confederate Dead at Sharpsburg" in The Daily Phoenix, 11 Jul 1866.
"Buried close along the fence on west side of woods back of graveyard in Burkettsville, graves good condition and boards still here." — Source: "The Known Dead Buried in the Washington Confederate Cemetery in Hagerstown," Western Maryland Regional Library, Hagerstown, Maryland.
"When the cemetery was finally begun in Hagerstown, more than ten years after the battles, Henry Mumma was hired for the task of moving the bodies. He identified those he could, but as the Hagerstown Herald Weekly of June 1874 reported: 122 were brought to the Cemetery on Saturday, of whom only the eight following were recognized: M. Grubne, Co. C, 16th Georgia; Benj. Mathews, Co. F, 16th Georgia; E. H. A., Georgia; Capt. N. Reeder, Co. H, 16th Georgia; Wm. Smith, Co. B, 16th Georgia; Thomas Hobbs, Co. K, 16th Georgia; Thomas Sander, Co. G, 10th Georgia; Dr. Braddock, S.C." - Washington Confederate Cemetery, http://www.whilbr.org/WashingtonConfederateCemetery/index.aspx.
"At Berkettsville, North of the Lutheran Church, in a grove of woods, is the grave of Dr. Bradox." — Source: "The Confederate Dead at Sharpsburg" in The Daily Phoenix, 11 Jul 1866.
"Buried close along the fence on west side of woods back of graveyard in Burkettsville, graves good condition and boards still here." — Source: "The Known Dead Buried in the Washington Confederate Cemetery in Hagerstown," Western Maryland Regional Library, Hagerstown, Maryland.
"At Berkettsville, North of the Lutheran Church, in a grove of woods, is the grave of Dr. Bradox." — Source: "The Confederate Dead at Sharpsburg" in The Daily Phoenix, 11 Jul 1866.
"Buried close along the fence on west side of woods back of graveyard in Burkettsville, graves good condition and boards still here." — Source: "The Known Dead Buried in the Washington Confederate Cemetery in Hagerstown," Western Maryland Regional Library, Hagerstown, Maryland.
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
