C. W. Bennett
Rank: Captain
State Served: Tennessee
Unit: 44th Infantry Regiment
Company: G
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' GRAVES located in Oakwood Cemetary in High Point, NC From 1863 thru 1865, over 5,000 wounded Confederate Soldiers were brought to High Point, NC by train and treated at a temporary hospital,formerly the Bellvue Hotel, which was across the street from the depot. Fifty of these soldiers were known to have died while at the hospital and were buried at various gravesites around the town. It is unknown if they died of their actual wounds or of smallpox, which was in epidemic in the area at that time. About 10 years later, the bodies were all moved to the Oakwood Cemetary and marked accordingly.
Rank: Captain
State Served: Tennessee
Unit: 44th Infantry Regiment
Company: G
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' GRAVES located in Oakwood Cemetary in High Point, NC From 1863 thru 1865, over 5,000 wounded Confederate Soldiers were brought to High Point, NC by train and treated at a temporary hospital,formerly the Bellvue Hotel, which was across the street from the depot. Fifty of these soldiers were known to have died while at the hospital and were buried at various gravesites around the town. It is unknown if they died of their actual wounds or of smallpox, which was in epidemic in the area at that time. About 10 years later, the bodies were all moved to the Oakwood Cemetary and marked accordingly.
C. W. Bennett
Rank: Captain
State Served: Tennessee
Unit: 44th Infantry Regiment
Company: G
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' GRAVES located in Oakwood Cemetary in High Point, NC From 1863 thru 1865, over 5,000 wounded Confederate Soldiers were brought to High Point, NC by train and treated at a temporary hospital,formerly the Bellvue Hotel, which was across the street from the depot. Fifty of these soldiers were known to have died while at the hospital and were buried at various gravesites around the town. It is unknown if they died of their actual wounds or of smallpox, which was in epidemic in the area at that time. About 10 years later, the bodies were all moved to the Oakwood Cemetary and marked accordingly.
Rank: Captain
State Served: Tennessee
Unit: 44th Infantry Regiment
Company: G
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' GRAVES located in Oakwood Cemetary in High Point, NC From 1863 thru 1865, over 5,000 wounded Confederate Soldiers were brought to High Point, NC by train and treated at a temporary hospital,formerly the Bellvue Hotel, which was across the street from the depot. Fifty of these soldiers were known to have died while at the hospital and were buried at various gravesites around the town. It is unknown if they died of their actual wounds or of smallpox, which was in epidemic in the area at that time. About 10 years later, the bodies were all moved to the Oakwood Cemetary and marked accordingly.
Inscription
Co. G 44th Reg. of Tennessee
Gravesite Details
Confederate Soldier
