Note: This stone is one of fifty markers in thepage Confederate Soldier Burial Area 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.
Pvt. Martin enlisted in Clarksville SC March 20, 1862. Mid March 1865 the Confederate Governement took over control of the Wayside Hospital and renamed it General Hospital #3, High Point, NC. He appears on a register as having been admitted March 20, 1865. The register lists no date of death, only that he died and listed as G. W. Martin, S.C. Artl.
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.
Pvt. Martin enlisted in Clarksville SC March 20, 1862. Mid March 1865 the Confederate Governement took over control of the Wayside Hospital and renamed it General Hospital #3, High Point, NC. He appears on a register as having been admitted March 20, 1865. The register lists no date of death, only that he died and listed as G. W. Martin, S.C. Artl.
Note: This stone is one of fifty markers in thepage Confederate Soldier Burial Area 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.
Pvt. Martin enlisted in Clarksville SC March 20, 1862. Mid March 1865 the Confederate Governement took over control of the Wayside Hospital and renamed it General Hospital #3, High Point, NC. He appears on a register as having been admitted March 20, 1865. The register lists no date of death, only that he died and listed as G. W. Martin, S.C. Artl.
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.
Pvt. Martin enlisted in Clarksville SC March 20, 1862. Mid March 1865 the Confederate Governement took over control of the Wayside Hospital and renamed it General Hospital #3, High Point, NC. He appears on a register as having been admitted March 20, 1865. The register lists no date of death, only that he died and listed as G. W. Martin, S.C. Artl.
Inscription
G. W. MARLIN
MATTHEWS ARTIL. OF S.C.
Gravesite Details
Confederate Soldier
