Note: This stone is one of fifty markers in theConfederate 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 Barbee Wayside Hosptial (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. Cunningham enlisted October 31, 1864 in West Point, Georgia. He is listed in the Barbee Hospital register as having died April 8, 1865 and no causes of such were listed.
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 Hosptial (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. Cunningham enlisted October 31, 1864 in West Point, Georgia. He is listed in the Barbee Hospital register as having died April 8, 1865 and no causes of such were listed.
Note: This stone is one of fifty markers in theConfederate 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 Barbee Wayside Hosptial (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. Cunningham enlisted October 31, 1864 in West Point, Georgia. He is listed in the Barbee Hospital register as having died April 8, 1865 and no causes of such were listed.
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 Hosptial (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. Cunningham enlisted October 31, 1864 in West Point, Georgia. He is listed in the Barbee Hospital register as having died April 8, 1865 and no causes of such were listed.
Inscription
B. J. CUNNINGHAM, CO. D, 32nd REG. OF GA.
Gravesite Details
Confederate Soldier
