Longshore Cemetery

Location:

County Road 101

DeKalb County, Alabama

34° 16' 46.59'' N    85° 45'39.09''W 

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24086

Date of Visit: February 18, 2013

In Memory 

Young W. Longshore

Pvt Co A 35 Ga Regt

Confederate States Army

1841     1861

Young W. Longshore mustered into service in Buchanan in Harrison County, Georgia on August 12, 1861. On December 21, 1861 he died in Fredricksburg, Virginia. Cause of his death could not be determined. This marker may be a cenotaph. In 2014 a research erect a Find a Grave memorial to Longshore the Barton Street Cemetery in Fredericksburg. However, his name is not on the plaque dedicated to 51 Confederate buried October of 1861 and March of 1862. Four men of the 35th Georgia are named on the plaque.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126589172/young-w-longshore: accessed 23 January 2024), memorial page for Young W Longshore (unknown–21 Dec 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 126589172, citing Barton Street Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Birdgirl (contributor 47240809).

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Young W. Longshore, 35th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, January 23, 2024,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Emanuel L. Holman

Pvt Co K 41 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Sept 13 1842      Feb 22 1918

Valley Head Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 117

DeKalb County, Alabama

34.57690, -85.62170

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1862069

Date of Visit: April 13, 2013

EP Nicholson

Corp Co F 1 Ark Mtd Rifles

Confederate States Army

1839    1909

Aaron Center Dean

Co C  62 Ala Regt

Confederate States Army

1835   1915

Lieut

Hugh David Wilson

Co I

12 Ky Cav

CSA

1844  1917

Zachary T Davenport

Pvt Co A Davenport’s 

Ala Cal

Confederate States Army

1845    1922

Davenport’s obituary is posted on his Find a Grave memorial:

"Z. T. Davenport was born near Valley Head, Ala., November 17, 1845, and died January 6, 1922. Early in 1863 he enlisted in the service of his country and was a member of Company A, 1st Alabama Battalion Cavalry, in which he served faithfully to the end of the struggle. He was in the battle of Selma, Ala., under General Forrest, which was fought after the surrender at Appomattox.

"He was married to Miss Amanda Alman, December 14,, 1871. To this union were born two children, a son and daughter. The daughter, Mrs. Jesse Barnard, is still living.

"In 1883 Comrade Davenport joined the M. E. Church, South. He and the writer because attached to each other when small boys and had been lifelong friends. He was a man of veracity, industry, economy -- true to his family, true to his Church, and true to his country. He was always cheerful and spread sunshine wherever he went. He was a member of Camp Estes No. 1659, U. C. V., was a regular in his attendance, and was always the life of the occasion. For several months prior to his death he was a great sufferer, but he bore it all patiently and died peacefully and triumphantly.

He leaves a daughter, two grandsons, several brothers, and a host of friends to mourn his loss.

"Clothed in his Confederate uniform, he was laid to rest in the Valley Head Cemetery, there to await the resurrection morn."

Obituary by J. M. Price, Adjutant Camp Estes No. 1659, Fort Payne, Ala., published in The Confederate Veteran Magazine, Vol. 30, 1922.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58418111/zachary-taylor-davenport: accessed 24 July 2022), memorial page for Zachary Taylor Davenport (17 Nov 1845–6 Jan 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58418111, citing Valley Head Cemetery, Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by sassytazzy (contributor 46808807).

David Dean

Co A

1st Ala Cav

CSA

Dean’s application for government tombstone is labeled in red ink with “Capt Davenport’s 1st Ala Cav Bn”. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15568771/david-dean: accessed 24 July 2022), memorial page for David Dean (26 Jun 1836–2 Dec 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15568771, citing Valley Head Cemetery, Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Evening Blues (contributor 46587085).

Pvt John G Whited

Co H

21 Ga Inf

CSA

1825

1862

Whited entered service in DeKalb County in Marcy of 1862. He died in June of diseases of disease in Stanardsville, Virginia. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Whited, 21st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Georgia State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records, and Lillian Henderson. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865. Vol. 2(Hapeville, Ga.: Longina & Porter, 1959), 918. Retrieved July 24, 2022 from http://babel.hathitrust.org/.

Head Springs Cemetery

Location:

US Highway 11

DeKalb County, Alabama

34.63360, -85.61330

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 23331

Date of Visit: April 13, 2013

Moses C. Hengar

Corp Co F  7 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

CW Patty

Corput’s Co 

Ga Lt Arty

Pvt

Richard Mahaffey

Co F

Malones

Ala Cav

CSA

1836

1863

The following is posted on Mahaffey’s Find a Grave memorial:

July 6, 1863 Richard Mahaffey died of Pycemia of Vaccination. Effects of deceased sodier ($43.50) turned over to Quartermaster, C.S.A. 1963 (Conf. Arch. Chap.10, File No. 21, pg.405). Name appeared on a list of sodiers killed in battle, or who died of wounds or disease, Certificate number 1679, "remarks" Q.M.R. (Conf. Arch., Chap. 10, File No. 2, pg.169). Measles and small pox killed many many soldiers, and the military vaccinated soldiers and civilians in mass in an effort to forstall an epidemic. Richard died from pyacemia, which is blood poisoning or general septicemia, resulting from the absorption of septic matter into the circulation. An ulcer developed from a measles vaccination. Vaccination material, live virus, was obtained from a blister on an individual with an active case of measles. If the amount given was too great, or if the sample taken was septic, the recipient could easily contract measles as well as blood poisoning. Richard developed an ulcer at the point of the vaccination, then measles, and, finally, blood poisoning according to the records. Imagine how he must have suffered for those 8 days in a hot, un-air conditioned hospital in the month of July at Tunnel Hill, Georgia! When I visited the site of the Tunnel Hill hospitals and the Tunnel during the annual reinactment, we saw photographs of the actual hospitals. "There were so many hospitals at the Tunnel Hill location," one observer said that "it looked like a city." "The Tunnel Hill location was an excellent site for the hospitals, because there was abundant fresh water from a spring on the site, the railroad provided easy transport of patients, and the mountain on the North side of the hospital provided protection from the enemy." The following from the Tunnel Hill Historical Foundation, the Daily Citizen. The Tunnel Hill Historical Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic sites in and around Tunnel Hill, GA. 138th Anniversary Reenactment, September 7-8, 2002, beginning on page 34. "... from the battlefields of Chickamauga, Ringold and the cemetery at Tunnel Hill. The following note was made on the lists that were kept as the soldiers remains were disinterred. 'They were buried at Tunnel Hill in the Citizens' Graveyard, about one mile from the village on the Cleveland wagon road. Thirteen of these were in the east part of the Graveyard commencing at the South end. Thirty-five were put in the cars for shipment from Ringgold last Wednesday and we suppose reached their destination before this. Ninety were placed in the cars at Tunnel Friday evening and will go forward Monday next.' The first three removals began in May 1867; the second, October, 1867 and the final removal concluded July 28, 1869. The firm of Scott & Lyle of Dalton was paid $1,427.70 for the removal and shipment of 1126 Confederate remains. They were received at the Confederate Memorial Cemetery in Marietta, GA, for re-burial and still rest there today. As a December 1999, sixty-seven names of soldiers removed from Tunnel Hill have been identified. Their names were gathered from several sources and are listed below" (Beginning with Alabama) Number 9. was - Mahaffey, Richard d: July 6, 1863 Pvt. Co. F 9th Ala Cav This information about the Tunnel Hill location, medical information, and military unit information was given to me by Marvin Sowder, a local historian at Tunnel Hill, Georgia.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15568401/richard-mahaffey: accessed 24 July 2022), memorial page for Richard Mahaffey (1836–1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15568401, citing Head Springs Cemetery, Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Evening Blues (contributor 46587085).

Bankhead Cemetery

Location:

County Road 642

Mentone, DeKalb County, Alabama

34.55970  -85.55580

FAG:21389

Date of Visit: May 29, 2015

Serg

Elijah S Hardwick

Co H

48 Ala Inf

CSA

1831

1897

Anthony Collins Cemetery

Location:

Stevens Road

Collinsville, DeKalb County, Alabama

N 34° 16.813     W085° 52.101

Find a Grave: 21261

Date of Visit: December 11, 2011

Sgt

Andrew L. Cline

Co F

46 Va Cav

Confederate States Army

Mt. Vernon Cemetery (DeKalb County Alabama)

Location:

Intersection of DeKalb County 83 and 176

DeKalb County, Alabama

N 34° 17.504     W085° 47.360

Date of Visit: December 11, 2011

William Bradley Berry

Pvt Co A 8th Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Jan 5 1827.    Dec 28 1880

John M. Jackson

Pvt Co C Merkinson’s BN

Ga Calvary

Confederate States Army

1846.   1927

Zadock Clanton

Pvt 5 SC State Troops

Confederate States Army

1822.    July 4 1893

William H Jones

Pvt Co G 1 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 16 1840     Jan 30 1912

M.B. Pruitt

Hunt’s Btry

McIntosh’s L. Arty

Confederate States Army