Capt. J. H. Lewis

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Capt. J. H. Lewis

Birth
Death
1865
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.9649317, Longitude: -80.005826
Plot
Oakwood Municipal, Row 1 #5 Confederate Section
Memorial ID
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J. H. Lewis
Rank: Captain
State Served: Tennessee
Unit: 1st Infantry Regiment
Company: E

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 the Wayside Hospital, The Barbee Hotel, formerly the Bellvue Hotel, which was across the street from the train 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.
Capt. Lewis is liated in the Barbee Hospital Register as "Capt. Lewis, Co. E, 18 Tenn and no date of death, Further searches have not found additional information.
J. H. Lewis
Rank: Captain
State Served: Tennessee
Unit: 1st Infantry Regiment
Company: E

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 the Wayside Hospital, The Barbee Hotel, formerly the Bellvue Hotel, which was across the street from the train 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.
Capt. Lewis is liated in the Barbee Hospital Register as "Capt. Lewis, Co. E, 18 Tenn and no date of death, Further searches have not found additional information.

Bio by: Bev


Inscription

CAPT. J. H. LEWIS
Co. E First Regiment of Tenn

Gravesite Details

Confederate Soldier