Riverside Cemetery

Location:

Franklin Street

Marianna, Jackson County, Florida

N 30° 46.192   W085° 13.265

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 72519

Date of Visit: July 13, 2013

Note: There are 11 graves marked Unknown Confederate Dead. Dale Cox believes that all of these are deaths from disease in a Marianna hospital. 

In Memory of 

Capt. Harrison Tillinghast

Sept 1 1840 – Sept 17 1862

Killed at Battle of Antietam, Md. 

From his Find-A Grave memorial:

Harrison Tillinghast, son of George W. Tillinghast and Mary Ann Chapman, was born in Florida, on September 1, 1840, and was killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862. He enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant on May 10, 1861 in Company F, 2nd Florida Infantry Regiment. Harrison was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on May 11, 1862. He was wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia, on May 31, 1862. He was promoted to Captain, posthumously, on October 10, 1862. He is not buried in Riverside, but a stone marks his memory.

Harrison was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at the University of Virginian in 1860.  When his parents died, he left school and came home to Florida. He mustered in as Second Lieutenant and was wounded in action at the  Battle of Seven Pines. He replaced Captain Pooser who was killed June 1, 1862. At Sharpsburg he was lost in the battle and presumed dead. 

In the Maryland Campaign the 2nd Florida was brigaded under General Roger Pryor with the 8th Florida, 14th Alabama and the 3rd Virginia. This brigade was one of six brigades in the division of Richard Anderson. At Antietam the regiment had six men killed and 43 wounded. How Captain Tillinghast is not known, but his fraternity records that his body was never recovered. 

• Blackstock, Towner, ‘Friendship! The Sweetest Name on Earth: Early Initiates of Omicron Chapter at Virginia, 1859-1860” Phi Gamma Delta, accessed January 17, 2022.  https://www.phigam.org/virginiaomicron

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Harrison Tillinghast, 2nd  Florida Infantry retrieved from at 3-Fold, January 16, 2022.  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida.  Original data from: The National Archives, Unit Information, 6th Florida Infantry retrieved from at 3-Fold, January 16, 2022.  (http://www.fold3.com).

• The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 vol., Washington: Printing Office, 1880-1901), Ser.1 Vol. 19, Part I, 804, Organization of Army of Northern Virginia.  

• The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 vol., Washington: Printing Office, 1880-1901), Ser.1 Vol. 19, Part I, 812, No. 205. Report of Surg. Lafayette Guild, C. 8. Army, Medical Director Army of Northern Virginia, of killed and wounded at Boonshorough (South Mountain or Turner’s Pass), Crampton’s Gap, Harper’s Ferry, Sharpsburg (Antietam), and Shepherdstown (Blackford’s or Boteler’s) Ford.

R.S. Dickson

C.S.A.

1861-1865

Robert S. Dickson

Born Sept 30 1814

A Confederate Soldier

Robert Dickson has two markers in the cemetery. Two men named Robert Dickson are in Company D, 6th Florida Infantry. Both are recorded as having died June 24, 1862. One is listed as a Sergeant and the other as a second Lieutenant.

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Robert Dickson, 6th Florida Infantry retrieved from at 3-Fold, January 16, 2022.  (http://www.fold3.com).

Z.T. Brogdon

1839-Sept 27, 1864

CSA

Brogdon enlisted in a local company known as Robinson’s Club Clavary. The company was in under the command of Captain George Robinson in 1864. Brogdon was killed in the Battle of Marianna. Dale Cox located records that stat that Brogdon died of disease while in a Marianna Hospital in December 1863. 

• “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna” USGenWeb, accessed January 16, 2022.   http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/jackson/military/marianna.txt

• Cox, Dale ‘The Unknown Dead of Riverside Cemetery, Dale Cox, Historian & Author (blog), May 9, 2008, accessed January 17, 2022. https://twoegg.blogspot.com/2008/05/unknown-confederate-dead-of-riverside.html

Capt

Arthur A Calhoun

Co A

2 KY Cav

CSA

Dr. Walter Snead

Soldier-Patriot

Born Jan 7 1845

Died Sept 6, 1937

Dr. Snead was marked with a Southern Cross of Honor. He served in Company C of Freeman’s North Carolina Battery as a Second Lieutenant. 

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25516625/walter-robert-snead : accessed 17 January 2022), memorial page for Dr Walter Robert Snead (7 Jan 1845–3 Sep 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25516625, citing Riverside Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Richard H. L. Chichester, III (contributor 46953186) .

St. Lukes Episcopalian Church Graveyard

Location:

4362 Lafayette Street

Marianna, Jackson County, Florida

N 30° 46.562   W085° 13.914

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1969331

Date of Visit: July 13, 2013

Note: Governor John Milton is buried in this cemetery. He was the Govnor of Florida during the Civil War years. 

There are several veterans buried he who lost their life in the Battle of Marianna in 1864 buried in this cemetery. The battle occurred around this church and cemetery.  

Thaddeus W. Hentz

Pvt Capt Dykes Co

Fla Light Artillery

Confederate States Army

Jan 20 1830     Jun 13 1878

He also may have served in Norwood Company of Home Guards known as the Cradle to grave Militia. The following is from The West Florida War, Dale Cox, 1990 and posted at the webpage Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna, Sept. 27, 1864. 

Hentz,Thaddeus W. Gamble's Light Artillery. The 30-year old dentist 

was also a member of a company of state artillery reservists. Suffering 

the loss of a finger during the fighting, he was captured and 

imprisoned at New Orleans, Ship Island and Elmira. Hospitalized during 

his stay at Elmira, he was released on March 2, 1865. Again 

hospitalized at a Confederate hospital in Richmond, Virginia, until 

March 14, 1865, he returned home and resumed his dentistry practice. 

•  “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna” USGenWeb, accessed January 16, 2022. http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/jackson/military/marianna.txt

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43081740/thaddeus-william_harris-hentz : accessed 16 January 2022), memorial page for Dr Thaddeus William Harris Hentz (20 Jan 1830–13 Jun 1878), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43081740, citing Saint Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Brian Hodges (contributor 47116130) .

Pvt

Allen H Bush

Home Guards

Fla

CSA

1809

Sep 27 1878

The back of his tombstone has the following inscribed:

Cradle to Grave Militia

Taken Prisoner

At The Battle of Marianna

September 27, 1864

Bush served in Norwood Company of Home Guards known as the Cradle to Grave Militia. Hw as local judge and an adviser to Governor John Milton. 

The following is from The West Florida War, Dale Cox, 1990 and posted at the webpage “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna, Sept. 27, 1864” on USGenWeb.

Bush, Allen Henry. Fifty-five years old, Bush was the local circuit 

judge and had been a practicing Marianna attorney since the early 

1840's. Imprisoned at New Orleans, Ship Island and Elmira, he returned 

home after the war and resumed his law practice. Judge Bush was 

delegated to the ill-fated state constitutional convention on October 

25, 1865, and was listed a year later as being friendly to the 

Carpetbaggers then controlling local politics.

• “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna” USGenWeb, accessed January 16, 2022. http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/jackson/military/marianna.txt

John C Carter

Co E

6 Fla Inf

CSA

1841

Sept 27, 1864

Carter enlisted May 2, 1862. He was wounded in the Battle of Chickamauga. Furloughed after being wounded he returned to Florida. His military record ends there, but his service did not. He was discharged but when war came to Florida he was serving in Norwood’s Cradle to Grave militia. After the battle his family found his body in the burned St. Lukes church. He was probably wounded in battle and brought to the church. Armstrong Purdee was an eyewitness to the burning of the church by Union soldiers. He reported that they shot down men as they exited the church. 

The following is from The West Florida War, Dale Cox, 1990 and posted at the webpage “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna, Sept. 27, 1864” on USGenWeb:

Carter, John C. A private in Company E., 6th Florida Infantry, Carter 

was given a medical discharge after being wounded at Chickamauga, but 

volunteered for service. Twenty-two years old, he was killed in the 

fighting and his body burned in St. Luke's Church.

• “Black History Month: Eye Witness recounts the Civil War burning of St. Luke Episcopal  Church” Dothan Eagle, February 9, 2017. 
• https://dothaneagle.com/jcfloridan/news/black-history-month-eye-witness-recounts-the-civil-war-burning-of-st-luke-s-episcopal/article_357fb922-5ace-5290-b184-c2b7120aec79.html.
• “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna” USGenWeb, accessed January 16, 2022.    http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/jackson/military/marianna.txt
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Carter, 6th Florida Infantry retrieved from at 3-Fold, January 16, 2022.  (http://www.fold3.com).

Littleton, son 

J.T. & R.L. Myrick

Born 

Dec 2nd, 1843

Killed in a battle

Sept 27, 1864. 

Littleton mustered into Captain Richard Smith’s Dragoon Company May 3, 1862 in Jackson County. In 1863 the company became a part of Company H, 15th Florida Calvary. He disappeared from the companies muster rolls in summer of 1863. During the Battle of Marianna he was killed. He father was a local politician and an Unionist. 

• “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna” USGenWeb, accessed January 16, 2022.    http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/jackson/military/marianna.txt
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42795199/littleton-myrick : accessed 16 January 2022), memorial page for PVT Littleton Myrick (2 Dec 1843–27 Sep 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42795199, citing Saint Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Brian Hodges (contributor 47116130) .
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56227380/john-t-myrick : accessed 16 January 2022), memorial page for John T. Myrick (14 Dec 1810–17 Sep 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56227380, citing Old Jacksonville City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Cousins by the Dozens (contributor 46904925) .

Sacred to the Memory of 

Stephen G. Kincey,

who fell in defense of Sout

hern Rights at the Battle of

Sharpesburg, Md.

 Sept 17, 1862 

Aged 24 y’s & 20 d’s.

Enlisted in Company A, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment on 11 May 1861 at Abbeville, Alabama by A. C. Gordon for 12 months, mustard out on the 16th as a private, and was promoted to 1st Sergeant of Company K. Stephen was killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland, on 17 Sep 1862.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42795420/stephen-g-kincey : accessed 16 January 2022), memorial page for Sgt Stephen G Kincey (1838–17 Sep 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42795420, citing Saint Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Linda Davis (contributor 46609907) .

Pvt

William W McCay

Co K

46 Ga Inf

CSA

Thomas M White Jr.

Pvt Co B 15 Confederate Calvary

Confederate State Army

Feb 28 1842.    Mar 11 1871