Hollywood Cemetery is a historic garden or
rural cemetery established in 1847 in the
Oregon Hill neighborhood of
Richmond, Virginia. The 135-acre cemetery[1] contains many notable burials including 2 U.S. Presidents, the President of the Confederate States of America[2] and 25 Confederate Army officers.[3]
Lloyd James Beall (1808–1887), American military officer and paymaster of U.S. Army, Colonel Commandant of the Confederate States Marine Corps for the entire length of the War
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825–1903), U.S. and Confederate Congressman, Civil War veteran, and President of Howard College in Alabama and Richmond College in Virginia. His statue is in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol
D
Virginius Dabney (1901–1995) author, journalist, editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1936 to 1969, Pulitzer Prize winner
Peter V. Daniel (1784–1860), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice
President of the Confederate States of America,
Jefferson Davis was initially interred at
Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans[7] and reinterred to Hollywood Cemetery in 1893[8]
Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), President of the Confederate States of America
Varina Davis (1826–1906), second wife of Jefferson Davis
Douglas Southall Freeman (1886–1953), journalist and historian; author of definitive biographies of George Washington and Confederate General Robert E. Lee; namesake of a local high school[10]
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Richard B. Garnett (1817–1863), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general killed during Battle of Gettysburg
J. Vaughan Gary served as a U.S. Congressman for Virginia from 1945 to 1965[11]
John Lamb (1840–1924), U.S. Congressman (1897–1913)
Fitzhugh Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and the governor of Virginia from 1886 to 1890[14]
Fitzhugh Lee (1835–1905), Confederate cavalry general, Governor of Virginia, diplomat, U.S. Army general in Spanish–American War and the nephew of General
Robert E. Lee
John Tyler (1790–1862), tenth President of the United States, a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress in 1861, and elected to the House of Representatives of the Confederate Congress
Hollywood Cemetery is a historic garden or
rural cemetery established in 1847 in the
Oregon Hill neighborhood of
Richmond, Virginia. The 135-acre cemetery[1] contains many notable burials including 2 U.S. Presidents, the President of the Confederate States of America[2] and 25 Confederate Army officers.[3]
Lloyd James Beall (1808–1887), American military officer and paymaster of U.S. Army, Colonel Commandant of the Confederate States Marine Corps for the entire length of the War
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825–1903), U.S. and Confederate Congressman, Civil War veteran, and President of Howard College in Alabama and Richmond College in Virginia. His statue is in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol
D
Virginius Dabney (1901–1995) author, journalist, editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1936 to 1969, Pulitzer Prize winner
Peter V. Daniel (1784–1860), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice
President of the Confederate States of America,
Jefferson Davis was initially interred at
Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans[7] and reinterred to Hollywood Cemetery in 1893[8]
Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), President of the Confederate States of America
Varina Davis (1826–1906), second wife of Jefferson Davis
Douglas Southall Freeman (1886–1953), journalist and historian; author of definitive biographies of George Washington and Confederate General Robert E. Lee; namesake of a local high school[10]
G
Richard B. Garnett (1817–1863), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general killed during Battle of Gettysburg
J. Vaughan Gary served as a U.S. Congressman for Virginia from 1945 to 1965[11]
John Lamb (1840–1924), U.S. Congressman (1897–1913)
Fitzhugh Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and the governor of Virginia from 1886 to 1890[14]
Fitzhugh Lee (1835–1905), Confederate cavalry general, Governor of Virginia, diplomat, U.S. Army general in Spanish–American War and the nephew of General
Robert E. Lee
John Tyler (1790–1862), tenth President of the United States, a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress in 1861, and elected to the House of Representatives of the Confederate Congress