Civil War Ancestors Walking Tour

My picture of talk at grave of General Stedman.

Went (again) to Cedar Hill Cemetery on Thursday June 9, 2016 at 6:30 pm for the evening walking tour, Researching Your Civil War Ancestor.

Mary Falvey shared resources and tips about researching Civil War veterans while also highlighting some of the illustrious veterans buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mary, Assistant Director of Hartford Preservation Alliance, has conducted extensive research about Hartford residents who served in the Civil War. She shares much of her research on her website, Hartford in the Civil War, and through the walking tours she has created for Cedar Hill.

I arrived a bit late (had to go home after work to change clothes and then drive to the cemetery) so I missed the introduction and a grave or two (?).

Some of the graves we visited were:

Frederick W. Hoadley - a Confederate major killed June 8, 1863 at the Battle of Vicksburg. He was raised in Hartford and the Hoadley family has ties back to the original settlers of Hartford.

Henry Ward Camp

General Griffin Stedman

See picture above. This is one of the most frequent stops on many of the walking tours of Cedar Hill Cemetery. It is a striking monument that people seem to be naturally attracted to, probably due to its realistic appearance and many details.

Although not many people attended this tour, several of those who did were Civil War and/or genealogical buffs. So there was a lot of fascinating tid bits revealed regarding history and the hunt for information about Civil War era relatives.

--------------------------------------------------------
Links:

http://ricketwrite.blogspot.com/2016/06/tree-tour-at-cedar-hill.html
http://www.cedarhillcemetery.org
http://www.hartfordpreservation.org
http://hartfordinthecivilwar.com/wordpress1/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_H,_1st_Tennessee_Heavy_Artillery
http://cedarhillfoundation.org/notable-residents/henry-ward-camp/
http://cedarhillfoundation.org/notable-residents/general-griffin-stedman/
--------------------------------------------------------
Written Labor Day 2016 (Monday September 5th).