All things dealing with the Civil War Navies and actions along the coasts and rivers and against forts. Emphasis will be placed on Fort Fisher and all operations around Wilmington, NC. And, of course, the Blockade and Running the Blockade.
Monday, December 18, 2017
Civil War Burials at Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery-- Part 1
From Wikipdia.
While researching Jacob Zeiler, USMC, Commandant of the Corps 1864-1865 and beyond, I came across a long list of burials at the cemetery, many of them of Civil War interest.
Adolph E. Borie, Sec. of Navy after the war, Friend of Grant.
John A. Dahlgren
Henry Deringer-- gunsmith
Samuel Gibbs French, Confederate general
George Gordon Meade
Francis E. Patterson, Union general
More. --Old B-Runner
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