Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Green Mount Cemetery
Photographed By Don Morfe, February 26, 2017
1. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
Green Mount Cemetery was dedicated in 1839 on the site of the former country estate of Robert Oliver. This was the beginning of the “rural cemetery movement”; Green Mount was Baltimore’s first such rural cemetery and one of the first in the U.S. The movement began both as a response to the health hazard posed by overcrowded church graveyards, and as a part of the large Romantic movement of the mid-1800’s which glorified nature and appealed to emotions. By combining the natural beauty of their locations with sepulchral art, rural cemeteries were intended to be places of instruction. Here nature and art could put death in perspective, teach moral lesson, recall the common heritage, and inspire patriotism.
Green Mount reflects the romanticism of its age, not only by its very existence, but also by its buildings and sculpture. The gateway, designed by Robert Cary Long, Jr., and the hilltop chapel, designed by J. Rudolph Niernsee and J. Crawford Neilson, are Gothic Revival, a romantic style recalling medieval building remote in time.
Nearly 65,000 people are buried here, including the poet Sydney Lanier, philanthropists Johns Hopkins and Enoch Pratt, Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister-in-law Betsy Patterson, John Wilkes Booth, and numerous military, political and business leaders.
The Proprietors of Green Mount
this page online
Erected by the City of Baltimore, William Donald Schaefer, Mayor; The Proprietors of Green Mount Cemetery, Sponsor.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Booth's Escape series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1839.
Location. 39° 18.414′ N, 76° 36.51′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Greenmount Cemetery. Marker is on Greenmount Avenue. This marker is mounted on the wall near the entrance to the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1501 Greenmount Ave, Baltimore MD 21202, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Old East Baltimore (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ouija Board (approx. ¼ mile away); St. Frances Academy (approx. 0.3 miles away); Gertrude Stein (approx. 0.3 miles away); Pennsylvania Station (approx. 0.4 miles away); Nazarene Baptist Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Entering the Automobile Age: The Horseless Revolution (approx. 0.4 miles away); The North Avenue Poly Building (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.
Also see . . . Booth's Escape Byway, Maryland Office of Tourism.
Photographed By Don Morfe, March 13, 2009
2. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 12, 2024
3. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
The marker is posted to the right at the main entrance to the cemetery.
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4. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
Entrance to Green Mount Cemetery
Library of Congress
5. Entrance to Green Mount Cemetery
Drawn from nature by Augustus Köllner; lithograph by Laurent Deroy; printed by Cattier, c1848
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6. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
Joseph E. Johnston-General Confederate States of America
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7. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
Elizabeth (Betsy) Patterson-wife of Jerome Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte
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8. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
Enoch Pratt-Merchant and founder of Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Libary
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9. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
A.S. Abell-Founder of the Baltimore Sunpapers
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10. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
Albert C. Ritchie-Governor of Maryland 1920-1935
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11. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
Johns Hopkins-Founder of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital
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12. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
CEO Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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13. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
Founder of the Sheppard Asylum know known as the Sheppard-Pratt Hospital
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14. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
Booth family marker-shows the names of the sons including John Wilkes Booth
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15. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
James Buck-Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient-
MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION-BUCK, JAMES
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1808, Baltimore, Md. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Brooklyn in the attack upon Forts Jackson and St. Philip and at the taking of New Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862. Although severely wounded by a heavy splinter, Buck continued to perform his duty until positively ordered below. Later stealing back to his post, he steered the ship for 8 hours despite his critical condition. His bravery was typical of the type which resulted in the taking of the Forts Jackson and St. Philip and in the capture of New Orleans.
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16. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
Eugene P. Jacobson-Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient-MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION:JACOBSON, EUGENE P.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 74th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 2 May 1863. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth:------. Date of issue: 29 March 1865. Citation: Bravery in conducting a scouting party in front of the enemy.
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17. Green Mount Cemetery Marker
Louis Wardlaw Miles-World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient-MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION: MILES, L. WARDLAW
Rank and organization. Captain, U.S. Army, 308th Infantry, 77th Division. Place and date: Near Revillon, France, 14 September 1918. Entered service at: Princeton, N.J. Born: 23 March 1873, Baltimore, Md. G.O. No.: 44, W.D., 1919. Citation: Volunteered to lead his company in a hazardous attack on a commanding trench position near the Aisne Canal, which other troops had previously attempted to take without success. His company immediately met with intense machinegun fire, against which it had no artillery assistance, but Capt. Miles preceded the first wave and assisted in cutting a passage through the enemy's wire entanglements. In so doing he was wounded 5 times by machinegun bullets, both legs and 1 arm being fractured, whereupon he ordered himself placed on a stretcher and had himself carried forward to the enemy trench in order that he might encourage and direct his company, which by this time had suffered numerous casualties. Under the inspiration of this officer's indomitable spirit his men held the hostile position and consolidated the front line after an action lasting 2 hours, at the conclusion of which Capt. Miles was carried to the aid station against his will.
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