Annapolis National Cemetery

Notable graves at Annapolis National Cemetery

Every old cemetery has some notable tombstones, either by and of themselves or by virtue of the person whose grave they mark; Annapolis National Cemetery is no exception.

To begin, there are 211 graves of Unknown soldiers. A good number of these graves occupy the front rows of sections H - M, forming what one might call an "Avenue of the Unknowns".

The front row of Section N is the Memorial Area, where markers are placed in memory of veterans whose remains are not interred here.   


Thanks to the 1989 motion picture Glory the men of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry became the best-known of the numerous Union regiments comprised mainly of black soldiers.   The Union "regular" army had numerous black regiments as well, known alternately as the "Colored Infantry" and the U.S. Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.).   Annapolis National Cemetery is the final resting place for the following members of those regiments:

Last Name First Name Section Section
Grave #
Other data Official
Grave #
Ashby J.H. B 173 U.S.C.T.
Bater Wm. E 296 U.S.C.T. 2542
Brown Alex. M 19 U.S.C.T.
Company D, 1st U.S. Colored Troops
died March 12, 1865
166
Calvert Chas. H. E 298 U.S.C.T. 2544
Chambers Austin E 297 U.S.C.T. 2543
Clark Henry F 166 U.S.C.T.
Musician, 19th Md. Colored Troops
died May 3, 1864
2059
Collins J.S. A 160 U.S.C.T. 2517
Edwards Geo. B 178 U.S.C.T. 2508
Grayton Allen L 162 U.S.C.T. 714
Harris Henry K 176 U.S.C.T. 991
Harris Rich'd G 185 U.S.C.T. 2532
Horton John F 333 SGT CO E 35 REGT U.S. CLD INF
Jackson George E 299 PVT CO E 1 US CLD INF SEP 29 1917
Johnson Jas. B 175 U.S.C.T. 2504
Kelly B. A. L 166 U.S.C.T. 802
McCullough Milton E 294 U.S.C.T. 2540
Morris King D 166 U.S.C.T. 1310
Queen Rob't E 283 CORP'L U.S.C.T. 2523
Robinson Alex. J 173 U.S.C.T.
Company A, 1st Michigan Colored Troops
died April 2, 1864
1241
Saddler Wm. N 141 U.S.C.T. 116
Sevoy Joshua A 157 U.S.C.T. 2513
Sharp Fred'k B 177 U.S.C.T. 2507
Smith Franklin B 180 PVT CO D 30 US CLD INF SP AM WAR Nov 25 1906
Smith Thos. C 75 U.S.C.T. 1011
Turner Dennis A 162 U.S.C.T. 2555
Wye John B 169 CORP CO K 30 U S CLD INF Dec 18 1901
Young D.W. B 168 SGT MAJ U.S.C.T. Jan 9 1901 (new stone)


Though established as a Union military cemetery by authority of the Act of July 1862, there are a number of Confederate graves in Annapolis National Military Cemetery.   These graves, listed below, purportedly prevented Ashgrove U.S. Cemetery from achieving the designation of Annapolis National Military Cemetery until sometime around 1870 - though I know of no easily-identified evidence to support this position.

Sect. Grave
Name
State Rank
Other
C
8
Bennett, Aaron A. TENN Corp'l CO B TENN INF CSA
23rd Tennessee
June 21, 1864
K
30
Bowen, Oliver VA   Co F 116 VA MIL CSA
Private
May 7 1864
G
24
Frasher, John     Confederate States Army
Private
Co. A, 1st Alabama Cavalry
May 19 1864
F
158
Hennesey, John LA   Co F 1 LA CAV
Private

died September 6, 1863
F
165
Jackson, G. M. TENN   CO B 12 TENN VOLS C.S.A.
Private

died November 8, 1863
C
8
Mallow, John     Private
Co B 46th Virginia Infantry
June 1 1864
G
56
Musch, Marinum     Confederate States Army
Private
Co C 1st Louisiana Cavalry

Sept 5 1863
C
8
Slater, William S. VA 1 LIEUT 1 LIEUT 1 VA LT ATRY CSA
Co D
April 25, 1864

April 26, 1864

While most of the Civil War graves at Annapolis are of enlisted personnel, there are a few officers as well. In addition to Lieutenant Slater, listed above, there are:

Sect. Grave
Name
State Rank
Other
G
132
Smith, David D. ALA Captain Co.E, 1st Tennessee
died April 18, 1865
NOTE: Roll of Honor lists Captain Smith as being with the 1st Tennessee, which disagrees with his tombstone
G
133
Clifton, Harrison Y. PA 1st Lieutenant  Co. D, 99th Pennsylvania
died May 15, 1865
L
166
Varney, S. J. Lieutenant ILL  

There are a number of private tombstones in the Annapolis National Cemetery, all but one of which date from the Civil War and late nineteenth century.   The names in the table are "hot"; move your mouse pointer over a name and a window will open, showing a picture of the tombstone.

Sect. Grave
Name
Inscription
C
192
May, Helen
Helen M.
Wife of Supt. L. B. May   Died Jan 30 1889
Aged 47 years
"There is no death; an angel form walks o'er the earth in
silent tread.  He bears our best-loved ones away and then we call them dead"
C
197
Gibbs, Peleg H.
GIBBS
Capt. Peleg H.
CO F   4th R.I. VOL INF
Nov 29 1832   Sept. 30 1923
DAUGHTER
Lillian B.
May 2 1862   Dec 19 1922
E
210
Settle, John
(click)
JOHN
Son of
John & Elizabeth
SETTLE
Died at parole camp
Annapolis, Md
MAR. 23, 1863

Æ 18 yrs 5 m's 9 d's

E
265
Eldridge, William H.
A. A. Surgeon U.S.A.  Died 1885
His wife Mary Jay Eldridge   1817 - 1911 
F
2
Livinsgtson, Oliver
Our brother
Oliver Livingston
Co K 110th Ohio Regiment
Died Dec. 2 1863 Æ 29 years
"A noble sacrifice for his country"
 
 
   

As the War ensued, many men were discharged due to disability, or their enlistments were up and they opted not to "re-up".  In the face of the dwindling numbers of troops, the Department of the Army devised two plans to fortify their numbers:

There are a few men at Annapolis National Cemetery who were members of the afroementioned veteran corps; these are their names whom I have cataloged thus far:

Sect. Grave
Name
Corps
G
76
Fink, John
V.R.C.
F
110
Moore, Lewis G.
V.R.C.
C
51
White, Alexander
U.S.V.V.

DID YOU KNOW that Clara (Clarissa Harlowe) Barton (1821 - 1912), founder of the American Red Cross, established her wartime headquarters at Camp Parole ?   At the Camp, located approximately two miles west of Annapolis National Cemetery at what is now known (naturally) as the Parole section of Annapolis, Miss Barton completed her wartime task of caring for wounded Union soldiers.

When the War ended, Miss Barton - with the endorsement of President Lincoln - established the Office of Correspondence with Friends of the Missing Men of the United States Army in Annapolis.  Her task was a great one; while her "Soldier Office", as it came to be known, located some 22,000 missing soldiers, Miss Barton's most notable accomplishment in this capacity was the locating and marking of more than 13,000 graves of Union soldiers at Andersonville Prison in Georgia.

While it is highly probable that the men at Parole Camp were tended to by Miss Barton, it is an absolute certainty that the sick and wounded at one or the other - or at both - of the two General Hospitals - College Green  (St. John's College) and the U.S. Naval Academy were tended by the three women whose names appear below.   At a time when it was almost unheard of for women to be exposed to the horrors of war, these women literally gave their lives to the service of their country as surely as did the soldiers whom they attended:

Move your mouse pointer over a name to view a picture of the tombstone

Sect. Grave
Name
Inscription
G
135
Broad, Mrs. J.
HOSP'L NURSE
G
136
Spittle, Rachel
HOSP'L NURSE
G
137
Henderson, Hannah
HOSP'L NURSE

Question:
How many foreign nationals died in the American Civil War?

Answer:     At least one - and he's buried in Annapolis National Cemetery!   Read the story of his funeral here.
I am looking for coverage of the incident itself; when (if?) I find it I will place it here.

Annapolis National Cemetery

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2016