And, these are just a few of the notable burials in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C..
** Joseph Bryant Smith (1826-1862)-- USN. Acting commander of USS Congress and decapitated in the fight with the CSS Virginia.
** Also, his father Josph Smith (1790-1877) Rear Admiral. In 1862 appointed Chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks. And his brother Albert Nathaniel Smith (1822-1866), Commander USN Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.
** Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869)-- Lincoln's Secretary of War.
** Abel Parker Upshur ((1790-1844)-- Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of State under President Tyler. Killed by explosion of cannon on the USS Princeton. This ship used some of John Ericsson's inventions including the cannon that blew up.
** Bettie Duval Webb (1845-1891)-- Confederate spy.
** Cadmus Wilcox (1824-1890)-- Confederate general.
** Charles Wilkes (1798-1877)-- Union naval officer. As commander of the USS San Jacinto, he stopped the British ship Trent and removed Confederate commissioners Mason and Slidell. Reburied at Arlington National Cemetery.
--Old B-Runner
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