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 Hopsital, 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.
He ws admitted to the General Hospital #3, High Point NC, March 19, 1865. The Barbee Hotel Hosptial was taken over by the Confederate Government mid March and is lsted in the The Barbee Hospital Register as Kinsey, Co E, 1 S.C. with no date of death.
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 Hopsital, 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.
He ws admitted to the General Hospital #3, High Point NC, March 19, 1865. The Barbee Hotel Hosptial was taken over by the Confederate Government mid March and is lsted in the The Barbee Hospital Register as Kinsey, Co E, 1 S.C. with no date of death.
Inscription
KINSEY
CO. E, FIRST REG. OF S.C.
Gravesite Details
Confederate Soldier