Henry was a young civic leader, tragically killed when he was from his horse fighting Indians.
Henry Meredith was killed May 12, 1860, at the Battle of Lake Pyramid in Utah territory, now Nixon County, Nevada. The war was started because the miners were destroying and using up the game, fish, food orchards and water crucial to the Indians. It was a battle with the Paiute, joined by Bannocks and Shoshones, who were easily victorious; 105 pioneers against 500 warriors, 76 pioneers were killed, 29 wounded, and only ten Indians were wounded.
The US Army procured troops from California and were victorious at the Second Battle of Pyramid Lake in June of 1860, 544 volunteers from the Washoe Regiment and 107 Regulars from the 6th US Infantry and 3rd US Artillery.
From Dorothy Foley Library titled "Nevada City's First Cemetery" -
"Another headstone reveals the tragic death of a young civic leader who left Nevada City to join an Indian war at Pyramid Lake, in what is now Nevada, where he was shot from his horse and killed. He said, when his comrades returned to remove him from danger, that they should escape with their lives while they could as the Indians were ready to attack. They left and then returned for the body of Henry Meredith which was transported to the Pioneer Cemetery for burial in June of 1860. The trip took nearly one month as Meredith was killed on May 12th and buried on June 10th."
Henry Meredith was killed May 12, 1860, at the Battle of Lake Pyramid in Utah territory, now Nixon County, Nevada. The war was started because the miners were destroying and using up the game, fish, food orchards and water crucial to the Indians. It was a battle with the Paiute, joined by Bannocks and Shoshones, who were easily victorious; 105 pioneers against 500 warriors, 76 pioneers were killed, 29 wounded, and only ten Indians were wounded.
The US Army procured troops from California and were victorious at the Second Battle of Pyramid Lake in June of 1860, 544 volunteers from the Washoe Regiment and 107 Regulars from the 6th US Infantry and 3rd US Artillery.
From Dorothy Foley Library titled "Nevada City's First Cemetery" -
"Another headstone reveals the tragic death of a young civic leader who left Nevada City to join an Indian war at Pyramid Lake, in what is now Nevada, where he was shot from his horse and killed. He said, when his comrades returned to remove him from danger, that they should escape with their lives while they could as the Indians were ready to attack. They left and then returned for the body of Henry Meredith which was transported to the Pioneer Cemetery for burial in June of 1860. The trip took nearly one month as Meredith was killed on May 12th and buried on June 10th."
Henry was a young civic leader, tragically killed when he was from his horse fighting Indians.
Henry Meredith was killed May 12, 1860, at the Battle of Lake Pyramid in Utah territory, now Nixon County, Nevada. The war was started because the miners were destroying and using up the game, fish, food orchards and water crucial to the Indians. It was a battle with the Paiute, joined by Bannocks and Shoshones, who were easily victorious; 105 pioneers against 500 warriors, 76 pioneers were killed, 29 wounded, and only ten Indians were wounded.
The US Army procured troops from California and were victorious at the Second Battle of Pyramid Lake in June of 1860, 544 volunteers from the Washoe Regiment and 107 Regulars from the 6th US Infantry and 3rd US Artillery.
From Dorothy Foley Library titled "Nevada City's First Cemetery" -
"Another headstone reveals the tragic death of a young civic leader who left Nevada City to join an Indian war at Pyramid Lake, in what is now Nevada, where he was shot from his horse and killed. He said, when his comrades returned to remove him from danger, that they should escape with their lives while they could as the Indians were ready to attack. They left and then returned for the body of Henry Meredith which was transported to the Pioneer Cemetery for burial in June of 1860. The trip took nearly one month as Meredith was killed on May 12th and buried on June 10th."
Henry Meredith was killed May 12, 1860, at the Battle of Lake Pyramid in Utah territory, now Nixon County, Nevada. The war was started because the miners were destroying and using up the game, fish, food orchards and water crucial to the Indians. It was a battle with the Paiute, joined by Bannocks and Shoshones, who were easily victorious; 105 pioneers against 500 warriors, 76 pioneers were killed, 29 wounded, and only ten Indians were wounded.
The US Army procured troops from California and were victorious at the Second Battle of Pyramid Lake in June of 1860, 544 volunteers from the Washoe Regiment and 107 Regulars from the 6th US Infantry and 3rd US Artillery.
From Dorothy Foley Library titled "Nevada City's First Cemetery" -
"Another headstone reveals the tragic death of a young civic leader who left Nevada City to join an Indian war at Pyramid Lake, in what is now Nevada, where he was shot from his horse and killed. He said, when his comrades returned to remove him from danger, that they should escape with their lives while they could as the Indians were ready to attack. They left and then returned for the body of Henry Meredith which was transported to the Pioneer Cemetery for burial in June of 1860. The trip took nearly one month as Meredith was killed on May 12th and buried on June 10th."
Inscription
Front:
Henry Meredith, born in Hanover County, State of Virginia on the 14th day of August AD 1826. Died in battle at Pyramid Lake in Utah Territory on the 12th day of May AD 1860. His body was buried here on the 16th day of June 1860.
Side inscription:
Brave, gifted, generous and faithful, he closed a life of usefulness and purity by a death of honor.
Side two:
"No, leave me here. I might put you in peril."
These were his last words when wounded he was offered assistance from the field.
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