North Side in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Union POW Memorial

Shockoe Hill Cemetery

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, December 17, 2014

1. Shockoe Hill Cemetery Union POW Memorial

Inscription.
Nearby are buried at least 661 United States soldiers who died between July 1861 and June 1863 while prisoners of war in this city. Many died at Confederate General Hospital Number 1 adjacent to Shockoe Hill Cemetery which took in Union wounded from First Manassas (Bull Run) and other engagements. Though most were anonymous, the names of 88 of the dead are listed below as they appear in cemetery records.

This marker was placed in 2002 at the request of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States to remember their faithful service.

James Adams • Joseph Adkins • Joseph Albright • G.W. Andrews • William T. Armstrong • Theodore Ashburn • H. Bains • William Barrard • William Batte • William G. Bishop • Francis M. Botts • David S. Brooks • John Brown • Joseph W. Brown • Morton L. Brown • George O. Bryan • Jules Camp • J. Martin Camp • J.M. Cary • C.F. Clark • G.M Clenly • L. Combs • William Converse • Copeland • John Cunghman • James Cunningham • Jacob Deitz • Andrew Dennyson • William J. Devereux • Leroy Dison • John E. Doughlass • John Eldridge • R.A Ellis • George Farland • Lucius Fepps • Simon Gerrald • William Gibbs • William B. Gowen • James Hall • Francis Hardiman • James D. Harris • Willis C. Haynes • Hunt • John Cox Jefferson • James Jones • Nevil Kaughman • William Kein • Franklin King

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• W.H. Kleeper • Charles Lam • James Lebery • John M. Lee • James Lemon • William Lounger • August Maher • C.C. Mann • M. Mannen • Martin • James H. McClurg • R.M. McMonan • M. Milsler • Charles W. Morgan • Joshua L. Nichols • J. Nicots • R. Nipis • Amos Partridge • John Potter • Lewis Quagon • Setes Soel • F. Starke • Samuel E. Statin • George Stol • H. Strell • James Sweetland • Charles W. Tebbits • James Teel • J. Terrel • M.B. Thayer • Charles E. Throwbridge • J. Trexall • William Walcup • Francis Weatherly • Daniel Wetcher • P. Wheely • Thomas H. Woodware • James Wormes

Erected 2002 by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1863.

Location. 37° 33.118′ N, 77° 25.867′ W. Memorial is in Richmond, Virginia. It is in the North Side. It can be reached from the intersection of Hospital Street and North 4th Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Richmond VA 23219, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Shockoe Hill Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Shockoe Hill Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Brown's Island Disaster (within shouting

Shockoe Hill Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, December 17, 2014

2. Shockoe Hill Cemetery

distance of this marker); "The Great Chief Justice" (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Shockoe Hill Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Hebrew Cemetery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground (about 700 feet away); a different marker also named Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.

Also see . . . Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery. (Submitted on December 17, 2014.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 729 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 17, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.