A Dampier

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A Dampier

Birth
Death
8 Apr 1865
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.9649664, Longitude: -80.0055256
Plot
Oakwood Municipal Row 3 # 3 Confederate Section
Memorial ID
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Note: This stone is one of fifty markers in the Confederate Soldier Burial AreaCONFEDERATE 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 Barbee Wayside hospital (formerly The Barbee Hotel, then 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. Dampier was admitted to the General Hosptial #3 High Point NC (Barbee Wayside) and is listed in the Barbee Wayside Hospital Register of having died April 8, 1865.
Note: This stone is one of fifty markers in the Confederate Soldier Burial AreaCONFEDERATE 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 Barbee Wayside hospital (formerly The Barbee Hotel, then 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. Dampier was admitted to the General Hosptial #3 High Point NC (Barbee Wayside) and is listed in the Barbee Wayside Hospital Register of having died April 8, 1865.

Inscription

A. DAMPIN, CO. D, 6th REG. OF GA.

Gravesite Details

Confederate Soldier. His name is misspelled on tombstone, as according to muster papers he was assigend to Co. K, 6th Regiment Georgia Reserves