Confederate monument at the University of Virginia Confederate Cemetery, Charlottesville Virginia. Photo by K. Lynn Nichols, July 3rd, 2010

The remains of 15 members of the 38th Georgia Regiment repose here, far from their homes in Georgia. None of the 15 graves are individually marked, but the names are listed on a bronze tablet affixed to the Confederate monument, shown above in the photo.

Inscription on monument reads: Fate Denied Them Victory, but Crowned Them with Glorious Immortality."

The University of Virginia medical college was the site of a major Confederate Hospital. Several buildings on the campus and surrounding community were collectively called the Charlottesville General Hospital. Local medical teachers, doctors, students, and citizens helped attend to the sick and wounded. Charlottesville was threatened by Federal raids on several occasions, but remained safe through the end of the war. 1,100 Confederate solders are buried at the University of Virginia Cemetery.

The cemetery is located at the intersections of Alderman & McCormick Streets in Charlottesville, Virginia. If you stop by the University of Virginia Visitors Center, they will provide you with a free map that makes locating the cemetery easy.

1. William M. Baker, Company A, DeKalb County, Pvt. May 15, 1862. Died of disease in Richmond, Va. hospital February 14, 1863.

2. Gainham T. Estes - Company A, DeKalb County, Pvt. 9/26/1861. Transferred to Co.D, 4/1/1862. Died of typhoid fever at Charlottesville, Va. July 7, 1862.

3. James T. Hambrick - Company A, DeKalb County, Pvt. 9/26/1861. Transferred to Co. D, 4/1/1862. Died at Charlottesville, Va. November 11, 1862.

4. Ephraim Gregory - Company C, Bulloch & Emanuel Counties, Pvt. May 8, 1862. Died 8/1/1862.

5. Griffith, William S. - Company C, Bulloch & Emanuel Counties, Pvt. 10/1/1861. Died August 8, 1862. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, Va.

6. David F. Fleming - Company F, Hart & Elbert Counties, Pvt. 10/15/1861. Died of typhoid fever in General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. August 26, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery.

7. George Washington Rivers - Company G, Jefferson County, Pvt. 10/1/1861. Died of typhoid fever at Charlottesville, Va. August 1, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery.

8. John A. Deloach - Company H, Elbert County, Pvt. Listed as a patient at the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Va in CSA records. Died there of typhoid fever on July 1st, 1862, buried there in University Confederate Cemetery. Not listed in Henderson’s Roster of Georgia Confederate Soldiers, found in CSA service records. Listed on the Confederate monument at the cemetery as D, J. A. 38th Ga.

9. James P. Pulliam - Company H, Elbert County, Pvt. 3/1/1862. Died of typhoid pneumonia in C.S.A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. June 30 or July 1, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery.

10. John Henry Vaughan - (or John H. Vaughn ) Company H, Elbert County, Pvt. 3/1/1862. Died at Charlottesville, Va. July 1, 1862. Brother of Jacob D. and Alexander Vaughn of Co. H., Uncle of William M. and Thomas A. Moore of Co. H.

11. R. Bennett - Company I, Dawson County – Pvt., not listed in Henderson’s Roster of Georgia Confederate Soldiers, listed in CSA service records, died of typhoid fever at Charolettsville Virginia on Jul 5th, 1862, buried there at University of Virginia Confederate Cemetery.

12. James Martin Thackston - Company I, Dawson County - Pvt. 5/6/1862. Died of typhoid fever 7/28/1862. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, Va. Born in Gwinett Co. Ga., left a widow, no children.

13. Edward Whiddon - 2nd Company I, Henry County, Alabama, Pvt. 5/10/1862. Died of typhoid fever in Charlottesville, Va. hospital July 18, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery.

14. James S. Collier - Company K, DeKalb County, Pvt. 9/26/1861. Died of typhoid fever at Charlottesville, Va. June 29, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery.

15. Horton H. Hornbuckle - Company K, DeKalb County, Pvt. 5/15/1862. Wounded at Gaines Mill , Va. 6/27/1862. Died of pneumonia in General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. February 6, 1863. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery.