Private John E. Harrington, Co. B, 2nd Battalion N.C. Local Defense Troops, also known as Fayetteville's Arsenal Battalion, was severely wounded in the right hip at the battle of Bentonville. Herrington was later evacuated to the Confederate hospital at High Point, where he died. The Barbee Hospital register lists the name S. E. Herrington, 2 NC Bat. , and no date of death given.
Actual spelling of name is Herrington
Note: This stone is one of fifty markers in the 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 Hosptial, 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.
Actual spelling of name is Herrington
Note: This stone is one of fifty markers in the 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 Hosptial, 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.
Private John E. Harrington, Co. B, 2nd Battalion N.C. Local Defense Troops, also known as Fayetteville's Arsenal Battalion, was severely wounded in the right hip at the battle of Bentonville. Herrington was later evacuated to the Confederate hospital at High Point, where he died. The Barbee Hospital register lists the name S. E. Herrington, 2 NC Bat. , and no date of death given.
Actual spelling of name is Herrington
Note: This stone is one of fifty markers in the 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 Hosptial, 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.
Actual spelling of name is Herrington
Note: This stone is one of fifty markers in the 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 Hosptial, 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.
Inscription
S. E. HARRINGTON
2ND N.C. BATTALLION
Gravesite Details
Confederate Soldier
