Stonewall Confederate Cemetery is a subsection of Mount Hebron Cemetery in

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, established in 1866 for 2,575

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soldiers who died in battle or in the hospitals in and around the Winchester area. A monument over the mass grave of more than 800 unknown Confederate soldiers is at the center of the cemetery, and there is a section for each state member of the Confederacy. The plots are thus organized according to the home states of the fallen soldiers within.Stonewall Confederate Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia
/ref> There are state monuments in most of the sections.

Notable burials

* The Brothers Ashby: ** Brigadier General Turner Ashby (1828–1862), "Black Knight of the Confederacy", cavalry commander during Jackson's Valley Campaign, killed at Good's Farm ** Captain Richard Ashby (1831–1861), killed by Union patrol near Hampshire County * The Patton Brothers: ** Colonel George Smith Patton (1833–1864), brigade commander during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, killed at Opequon; grandfather of General

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, army commander during

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** Colonel

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(1835–1863), commander of the 7th Virginia Infantry, mortally wounded during

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at Gettysburg * Brigadier General Archibald Campbell Godwin (1831–1864), brigade commander during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, killed at Opequon * Brigadier General Robert Daniel Johnston (1837–1919), brigade commander during the

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and in the Valley Campaigns of 1864; father of Colonel Gordon Johnston,

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recipient during

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* Major General John George Walker (1821–1893),

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veteran, brigade commander during the

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, commander of

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in the Western Theater

References

External links

* * * {{GNIS, 2770161 1866 establishments in Virginia Buildings and structures in Winchester, Virginia Tourist attractions in Winchester, Virginia Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Virginia Cemeteries established in the 1860s