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 Hospital, The Barbee Hotel, formerly the Bellvue Hotel, which was across the street from the train depot.
Pvt. Keys enlisted March 20, 1863 in Aiken, South Carolina in Capt. Mathewes' Company Heavy Artillery.
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. Keys is listed in the Barbee Hospital Register as Jeff Keys, Artl. S.C. that he died April 30, 1865.
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 Hospital, The Barbee Hotel, formerly the Bellvue Hotel, which was across the street from the train depot.
Pvt. Keys enlisted March 20, 1863 in Aiken, South Carolina in Capt. Mathewes' Company Heavy Artillery.
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. Keys is listed in the Barbee Hospital Register as Jeff Keys, Artl. S.C. that he died April 30, 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 Hospital, The Barbee Hotel, formerly the Bellvue Hotel, which was across the street from the train depot.
Pvt. Keys enlisted March 20, 1863 in Aiken, South Carolina in Capt. Mathewes' Company Heavy Artillery.
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. Keys is listed in the Barbee Hospital Register as Jeff Keys, Artl. S.C. that he died April 30, 1865.
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 Hospital, The Barbee Hotel, formerly the Bellvue Hotel, which was across the street from the train depot.
Pvt. Keys enlisted March 20, 1863 in Aiken, South Carolina in Capt. Mathewes' Company Heavy Artillery.
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. Keys is listed in the Barbee Hospital Register as Jeff Keys, Artl. S.C. that he died April 30, 1865.
Inscription
JEFF KETTS
S.C. ARTIL.
Gravesite Details
Confederate Soldier
