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Hollywood Cemetery is a historic garden or rural cemetery established in 1847 in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. The 135-acre cemetery[1] contains many notable burials including 2 U.S. Presidents, the President of the Confederate States of America[2] and 25 Confederate Army officers.[3]

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C.S.A. General Joseph R. Anderson

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James Branch Cabell was a writer of satirical fantasy including Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice[6]

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President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis was initially interred at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans[7] and reinterred to Hollywood Cemetery in 1893[8]

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  • Douglas Southall Freeman (1886–1953), journalist and historian; author of definitive biographies of George Washington and Confederate General Robert E. Lee; namesake of a local high school[10]

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  • Richard B. Garnett (1817–1863), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general killed during Battle of Gettysburg
J. Vaughan Gary served as a U.S. Congressman for Virginia from 1945 to 1965[11]

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John Harvie was one of five Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress to sign the Articles of Confederation[12]
  • John Harvie (1742–1807), lawyer and builder, delegate to the Continental Congress, Signer of The Articles of Confederation
  • William Wirt Henry (1831–1900), lawyer, member of the General Assembly of Va., president of the Am. Historical Association (1890–91)
  • Henry Heth (1825–1899), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general, participated at the Battle of Gettysburg
  • Eppa Hunton (1822–1908), U.S. Representative and Senator, Confederate brigadier general
  • Eppa Hunton Jr. (1855–1932), lawyer, member of the House of Delegates, president of the Virginia Bar Association
  • Eppa Hunton IV (1904–1976), lawyer, rector of Virginia Commonwealth University

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  • John D. Imboden (1823–1895), lawyer, teacher, Virginia legislator, Confederate cavalry general and partisan fighter

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  • Edward Johnson (1816–1873), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general, American Civil War
  • Mary Johnston (1870–1936), novelist and women's rights advocate
  • David Rumph Jones (1825–1863), U.S. Army officer and Confederate General, American Civil War
  • Samuel Jones (1819–1887), U.S. Army, Confederate General, American Civil War

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  • John Lamb (1840–1924), U.S. Congressman (1897–1913)
Fitzhugh Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and the governor of Virginia from 1886 to 1890[13]
  • Edward E. Lane (1924–2009), member of the Virginia House of Delegates[14]
  • Fitzhugh Lee (1835–1905), Confederate cavalry general, Governor of Virginia, diplomat, U.S. Army general in Spanish–American War and the nephew of General Robert E. Lee
  • Thomas M. Logan (1840–1914), Confederate General
  • James Lyons (1801–1882), politician, Confederate Congressman

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Fifth President of the United States, James Monroe

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Confederate Army major general George Pickett

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Confederate Secretary of War, James A. Seddon

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Tenth President of the United States, John Tyler

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Henry A. Wise was the 33rd governor of Virginia and U.S. Congressman from Virginia[19]
  • Henry A. Wise (1806–1876), Governor of Virginia, Confederate Army general
  • John Sergeant Wise (1846–1913), U.S. Congressman (1883–85)
  • Richard Alsop Wise (1843–1900), U.S. Congressman (1897–1901)
  • Tom Wolfe (1930–2018), American author and journalist known for his association with New Journalism
  • Serge Wolkonsky (1860–1937), Russian theatrical worker, son of Mikhail Sergeevich
  • Henry Lawson Wyatt (1841–1861), first Confederate Army enlisted soldier from North Carolina to die in the American Civil War

References

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  1. ^ Springston, Rex (12 July 2022). "No more Confederate flags at Hollywood Cemetery". www.virginiamercury.com. Virginia Mercury. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ^ Cothran, James R.; Danylchak, Erica (2018). Grave Landscapes - The Nineteenth Century Rural Cemetery Movement. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781611177992. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. ^ Stoddard, Christine; Thomas, Misty (2014). Richmond Cemeteries. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 28–31. ISBN 9781467122047. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  4. ^ Bryson, William Hamilton (1998). "George Wayne Anderson (d. 1922)". In Kneebone, John T.; et al. (eds.). Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Vol. 1. pp. 135–136.
  5. ^ "City Mourns Dr. Bright's Passing". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1953-12-31. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ^ "Cabbell's Writing". www.gallery.library.vcu.edu. Virginia Commonwealth University. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  7. ^ Cothran, James R.; Danylchak, Erica (2018). Grave Landscapes - The Nineteenth Century Rural Cemetery Movement. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-61117-799-2. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  8. ^ Stoddard, Christine; Thomas, Misty (2014). Richmond Cemeteries. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-4671-2204-7. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Horace Edwards dies here at 84". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1987-01-28. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-03-26 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  10. ^ Freeman High School
  11. ^ "Gary, Julian Vaughan 1892-1973". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  12. ^ Elliot, Jonathan (1836). The debates in the several state conventions on the adoption of the Federal constitution, as recommended by the general convention at Philadelphia in 1787, Vol I. Editor on the Pennsylvania Avenue. Retrieved February 21, 2012. pp. 98, 113. The other four were Richard Henry Lee, Banister (lawyer), Thomas Adams (politician), and Francis Lightfoot Lee.
  13. ^ Longacre, Edward. "Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905)". www.encyclopediavirginia.com. Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  14. ^ Whitley, Tyler. "Former Richmond Del. Edward E. Lane Dies at 85". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  15. ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Owenby to Ozzie". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  16. ^ "Memoir of Thomas Ritchie (cont.)". The Richmond Enquirer. 1854-07-25. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-09-07 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  17. ^ "Henry G. Shirley Dies Unexpectedly". The Bristol Herald Courier. 1941-07-17. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-10-04 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  18. ^ "Noted Sculptor Taken By Death". The Roanoke World-News. 1930-10-20. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  19. ^ McClure, John M. "Henry A. Wise (1806-1876)". www.encyclopediavirginia.com. Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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