Sgt. Hugh B Cox

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Sgt. Hugh B Cox

Birth
Death
1865
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.9650011, Longitude: -80.0055685
Plot
Oakwood Municipal Row 4 #10 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 a temporary wayside hospital,formerly the Barbee Hotel, which was across the street from the train depot. In March 1865 the Confederate Government renamed it to General Hospital #3.

Fifty of these soldiers were known to have died while at the hospital and were buried at various gravesites around the town. . About 10 years later, the bodies were all moved to the Oakwood Cemetary and marked accordingly.
The Barbee ledger lists entry 4553 dated Feb. 18, 1865 and another entry Feb. 22, 1865 that H. B. Cox entered the hosptial with a gunshot wound and that his leg had been amputated. He was presvipusly granted a certifcate of disabilty as the wound appeared to have taken place in December 1864 at the Batttle of Petersburg.
B. Cox appears on the Barbee register of those who died, with no date of death given. He fought with Co D, 48th Regiment of North Carolina.
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 a temporary wayside hospital,formerly the Barbee Hotel, which was across the street from the train depot. In March 1865 the Confederate Government renamed it to General Hospital #3.

Fifty of these soldiers were known to have died while at the hospital and were buried at various gravesites around the town. . About 10 years later, the bodies were all moved to the Oakwood Cemetary and marked accordingly.
The Barbee ledger lists entry 4553 dated Feb. 18, 1865 and another entry Feb. 22, 1865 that H. B. Cox entered the hosptial with a gunshot wound and that his leg had been amputated. He was presvipusly granted a certifcate of disabilty as the wound appeared to have taken place in December 1864 at the Batttle of Petersburg.
B. Cox appears on the Barbee register of those who died, with no date of death given. He fought with Co D, 48th Regiment of North Carolina.

Inscription

B. Cox CO. G, 28th REG. OF N.C.

Gravesite Details

Confederate Soldier