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Photographer: courtesy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Taken: Circa 1930
Caption: Three Interesting and Unique Graves in Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C. postcard
Additional Description: "Photograph of the grave of Mrs. Rose O'Neal Greenhow, the Confederate woman spy, who was drowned while running the blockade at Fort Fisher, south of Wilmington, while actively engaged in service for the Confederacy. Grave of Henry Bacon, a Wilmington man who designed the Lincoln Memorial at Washington, D.C. in competition with architects from all parts of the world. Grave of Captain W.A. Ellerbrook, a young river captain who was burned to death at a fire in Wilmington. His dog attempted to save him and both man and animal were burned to death. The dog was buried in the casket with the man and the monument erected by the people of Wilmington is in the memory of both." - UNC-CH library
Submitted: April 8, 2022.
Database Locator Identification Number: p647285
File Size: 1.907 Megabytes

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