1st Lt.,Co.C,1st Va.Cav.Regt.;Lt.Co;.,1st Md.Cav. KIA-Hanover Junction. First buried Hollywood Cem.,Richmond.∼Lieut.-Col. Ridgely Brown, commanding First Maryland cavalry, fell in battle on the 1st instant near the South Anna. He died as a soldier prefers to die, leading a victorious charge.
As an officer, kind and careful; as a soldier, brave and true; as a gentleman, chivalrous; as a Christian, gentle and modest; no one in the Confederate army surpassed him in the hold he had on the hearts of his men and the place in the esteem of his superiors. Of the rich blood that Maryland has lavished on every battle field, none is more precious than his and that of our other brave comrades in arms who fell in the four days previous, on the hill sides of Hanover. His command has lost a friend most steadfast, but his commanding officer is deprived of an assistant invaluable. To the first he was ever as careful as a father, to the latter as true as a brother.
Originally buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond City. He was removed in Dec.,1865 and brought to his farm in Unity, Maryland. There is no marker. It is on private property so access is prohibited.
As an officer, kind and careful; as a soldier, brave and true; as a gentleman, chivalrous; as a Christian, gentle and modest; no one in the Confederate army surpassed him in the hold he had on the hearts of his men and the place in the esteem of his superiors. Of the rich blood that Maryland has lavished on every battle field, none is more precious than his and that of our other brave comrades in arms who fell in the four days previous, on the hill sides of Hanover. His command has lost a friend most steadfast, but his commanding officer is deprived of an assistant invaluable. To the first he was ever as careful as a father, to the latter as true as a brother.
Originally buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond City. He was removed in Dec.,1865 and brought to his farm in Unity, Maryland. There is no marker. It is on private property so access is prohibited.
1st Lt.,Co.C,1st Va.Cav.Regt.;Lt.Co;.,1st Md.Cav. KIA-Hanover Junction. First buried Hollywood Cem.,Richmond.∼Lieut.-Col. Ridgely Brown, commanding First Maryland cavalry, fell in battle on the 1st instant near the South Anna. He died as a soldier prefers to die, leading a victorious charge.
As an officer, kind and careful; as a soldier, brave and true; as a gentleman, chivalrous; as a Christian, gentle and modest; no one in the Confederate army surpassed him in the hold he had on the hearts of his men and the place in the esteem of his superiors. Of the rich blood that Maryland has lavished on every battle field, none is more precious than his and that of our other brave comrades in arms who fell in the four days previous, on the hill sides of Hanover. His command has lost a friend most steadfast, but his commanding officer is deprived of an assistant invaluable. To the first he was ever as careful as a father, to the latter as true as a brother.
Originally buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond City. He was removed in Dec.,1865 and brought to his farm in Unity, Maryland. There is no marker. It is on private property so access is prohibited.
As an officer, kind and careful; as a soldier, brave and true; as a gentleman, chivalrous; as a Christian, gentle and modest; no one in the Confederate army surpassed him in the hold he had on the hearts of his men and the place in the esteem of his superiors. Of the rich blood that Maryland has lavished on every battle field, none is more precious than his and that of our other brave comrades in arms who fell in the four days previous, on the hill sides of Hanover. His command has lost a friend most steadfast, but his commanding officer is deprived of an assistant invaluable. To the first he was ever as careful as a father, to the latter as true as a brother.
Originally buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond City. He was removed in Dec.,1865 and brought to his farm in Unity, Maryland. There is no marker. It is on private property so access is prohibited.
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, Date Of Burial :, Confederate Soldier State : Maryland Regiment : 1st Company :, Ref: Cemetery Records
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