Find a Grave contributor George Seitz who is an ardent researcher of the Civil War provides the following with updates by Philip Martin who has been researching the 50 soldiers buried in the Oakwood Cemetery:
Military records indicate that this is Private Henry C. Maultsby. He was 18 years old when he volunteered in 1864 at Bladen County, NC. He was admitted to a hospital in Greensboro with a gunshot wound in 1864 and to a hospital in Raleigh with a shoulder contusion in 1865. The Barbee Hosptial Register notes that H. Maultsby, Co B, 36 NC died April 6, 1865.
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.
Fifty of these soldiers were known to have died while at the hospital and were buried at various gravesites around the town.
Military records indicate that this is Private Henry C. Maultsby. He was 18 years old when he volunteered in 1864 at Bladen County, NC. He was admitted to a hospital in Greensboro with a gunshot wound in 1864 and to a hospital in Raleigh with a shoulder contusion in 1865. The Barbee Hosptial Register notes that H. Maultsby, Co B, 36 NC died April 6, 1865.
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.
Fifty of these soldiers were known to have died while at the hospital and were buried at various gravesites around the town.
Find a Grave contributor George Seitz who is an ardent researcher of the Civil War provides the following with updates by Philip Martin who has been researching the 50 soldiers buried in the Oakwood Cemetery:
Military records indicate that this is Private Henry C. Maultsby. He was 18 years old when he volunteered in 1864 at Bladen County, NC. He was admitted to a hospital in Greensboro with a gunshot wound in 1864 and to a hospital in Raleigh with a shoulder contusion in 1865. The Barbee Hosptial Register notes that H. Maultsby, Co B, 36 NC died April 6, 1865.
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.
Fifty of these soldiers were known to have died while at the hospital and were buried at various gravesites around the town.
Military records indicate that this is Private Henry C. Maultsby. He was 18 years old when he volunteered in 1864 at Bladen County, NC. He was admitted to a hospital in Greensboro with a gunshot wound in 1864 and to a hospital in Raleigh with a shoulder contusion in 1865. The Barbee Hosptial Register notes that H. Maultsby, Co B, 36 NC died April 6, 1865.
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.
Fifty of these soldiers were known to have died while at the hospital and were buried at various gravesites around the town.
Inscription
H. MAULTSBY
CO. B, 36th REG. OF N.C.
Gravesite Details
Confederate Soldier
