RoadTrippin' Thru History, Cypress Hills Cemetery (Brooklyn, NY)-- Part 2

From Find-A-Grave.

There were seven Civil War Medal of Honor recipients, including three in the Navy.  I'll be writing about the Navy ones in later posts.

Also one Union general and one Union Navy officer who eventually became an admiral  (I'll write about him later.)

Others of interest:

Eubie Blake:  Wrote "Charleston Rag" and "I'm Just Wild About Harry."

James "Gentleman Jack" Corbett:  Heavyweight Boxer Champion from 1892-1897.  In 1892, he beat  John L. Sullivan for the title.

Robert "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson:  Major League Baseball player in the 19th century.  Considered the first switch hitter and got that nickname for his ability to catch fly balls in an era where players did not wear gloves.

Who was the other baseball player and famous actress?

Maybe in the next post.

--Old B-Runner

RoadTrippin' Thru History: Cypress Hills Cemetery

I have been RoadTrippin' Thru History on Alban C. Stimers, a Chief Engineer in the Union Navy, especially in regards to the USS Monitor and many other monitors.  It all started with an article about his great-great granddaughter who had a watch given him by the president of the United States in thanks for his work on monitors.

Then, I wrote about him.  The other day I found that he was buried at Cypress Hill Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.  Whenever I find where a person is buried I go to that cemetery site and look to see if any other people of note or interest are buried there as well.  

This is all part of my RoadTrippin' Through History that I do in my blogs.  I start off with one story and keep looking to see where the story might take me.

In the next post I will write about some interesting people I found buried at Cypress Hill Cemetery.  Two of them was a well-known actress from the 1930s and a baseball player who broke the MLB Color Barrier.

--Old B-R'er