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It's amazing how much history can come to life by learning about an area's deceased citizenry! This series of ten postcards shares visions of transcendence and eternity in the Fredericksburg area. Meet some of the diverse and noble individuals who rest here.
Each postcard includes information on the back side which describes the image, its physical location, and some of the regional history that surrounds it.
To purchase these cards (wholesale or retail), please contact Suzanne: sumoe@sumoe.com
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The Masonic Cemetery is nestled in Olde Town on Charles Street in Fredericksburg, VA, and located next door to the historic James Monroe law Office Museum. Buried here are many of the area's prominent leaders and Revolutionary War leaders. Also resting here is Robert Lewis, 1769-1829, son of Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis of Kenmore, and private secretary to his uncle, President George Washington.
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The Saint George's Episcopal Church Burial Ground is located next to the church on Princess Anne Street in Olde Towne Fredericksburg. Many of Fredericksburg's founders are buried here, including John Dandridge, 1700-1756, father-in-law of George Washington. Fielding Lewis of Kenmore, 1728-1781, rests underneath the tile floor of the church entrance hallway. Lewis, brother-in-law of George Washington, owned the Fredericksburg gunnery which supplied ammunition for the Revolutionary War.
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The Fredericksburg City Cemetery and Confederate Cemetery are surrounded by a common brick wall and located at the corner of William Street and Washington Avenue in Fredericksburg. Six Confederate generals and more than 3,300 Southern soldiers are buried here; 2,184 of them are unknown. The Ladies Memorial Association of Fredericksburg, organized in 1865, cares for the graves and honors those Confederate soldiers who died in the area's four battles. This angel watches over and protects the gravesite of Corinne Young, 1869-1892, beloved wife of Charles Herdon.
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The Fredericksburg City Cemetery and Confederate Cemetery are surrounded by a common brick wall and located at the corner of William Street and Washington Avenue in Fredericksburg. Six Confederate generals and more than 3, 000 Southern soldiers are buried here; 2,184 of them are unknown. The Ladies Memorial Association of Fredericksburg, organized in 1865, cares for the graves and honors those Confederate soldiers who died in the area's four battles. Many family plots in the cemetery are fenced by ornate iron work, with intricately designed tombstones.
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This small cemetery is located behind the burial monument of Mary Ball Washington (mother of George Washington) on Washington Avenue in Fredericksburg, VA. The Kenmore Plantation located across the street from this cemetery, was home to Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, sister of George. After Betty's death is 1797, the estate was put up for sale. The Gordon family purchased the property in 1819, and named it "Kenmore" after their ancestral home Scotland.
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The Thorton-Forbes-Washington Cemetery is a small family cemetery located off Hunter Street across from Carl's Frozen Custard on Princess Anne Street in Fredericksburg, VA. Many of the area's pioneers, including the decedents of Augustine Washington, father of George, are buried here. Of special note are two graves contained within an iron fence; James Henderson Fitzgerald, 1786-1852, (part of his ornate tombstone is featured on this photograph) and next to him, his widow, Elizabeth A. Fitzgerald, 1993-1881.
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For many years The Shiloh Old Site Cemetery was known as the Colored Cemetery in Fredericksburg, VA. As testimony to the era of segregation, the color separation was even carried to the grave. Joseph Walker, 1856-1943, and Jason Grant, SR, 1861-1951, for whom the Walker-Grant School was named, are buried here. Another gravesite holds the remains of one of the original Buffalo soldiers, Matthew Garnett.
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More than 15,000 Federal soldiers who died on the battlefields, or from disease in camp, are buried on Marye's Heights in The National Cemetery in Fredericksburg. Over 12,750 of these soldiers are unknown. The Willis Cemetery, a small family cemetery enclosed by a brick wall which has stood since before the Civil War, is located within the 12 acre National Cemetery. The stone gate posts of the Willis Cemetery still bear the marks of war with bullet and mini-ball holes in its walls. This ornate piece is a close-up of a family headstone for Fanny Page Wellford, 1821-1858
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Confederate General, Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson was mistakenly shot by his own troops on May 2,1863, during the Battle of Chancellorsville. Surgeons removed the mangled arm the next morning. Jackson chaplain, the Rev. B. Tucker Lacy, visited him later that day and saw the arm lying outside the door of the hospital tent. Rev. Lacy carried the limb across the fields to Ellwood, his brother's estate, and buried it there in the family cemetery. This granite marker was placed over Jackson's arm in 1903. "He has lost his arm; but I have lost my right arm." - Robert E. Lee on "Stonewall" Jackson.
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This is one of two catalpa trees still standing on the grounds of Chatham, the Georgian mansion located on the banks of the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg. During the Civil War, Chatham served as headquarters for Union Generals and a hospital for wounded soldiers. Many Union soldiers died from their battle wounds at Chatham and were buried on the grounds. Hundreds were later moved and interred at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery. The aged and expressive catalpa trees served as monuments to the war, having witnessed countless deaths and much destruction.
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