Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, is a large, sprawling cemetery located at 412 South Cherry Street in Richmond, Virginia. Characterized by rolling hills and winding paths overlooking the James River, it is the resting place of two United States Presidents, James Monroe and John Tyler, as well as the only Confederate States President, Jefferson Davis.

It is also the resting place of 25 Confederate generals, more than any other cemetery in the country. Included are George Pickett and J.E.B. Stuart.

Hollywood Cemetery was opened in 1849, constructed on land known as "Harvie's Woods" that was once owned by William Byrd II. It was designed in the rural garden style, with its name, "Hollywood," coming from the holly trees dotting the hills of the property.

In 1869, a 90-foot (27 m) high granite pyramid was built as a memorial to the more than 18,000 enlisted men of the Confederate Army buried in the cemetery. Hollywood Cemetery is one of Richmond's major tourist attractions. There are many local legends surrounding certain tombs and grave sites in the cemetery,

The Hollywood Cemetery Registry of Confederate Dead, printed in 1869, contains about 10,500 names of the 18,000 soldiers that rest here. A large portion of the remaining records were destroyed by fire at the very end of the war, leaving nearly 7,500 soldiers unknown.

Forty-one members of the 38th Georgia Regiment are buried at Hollywood Cemetery, more than any other cemetery. Hollywood Cemetery records also list an additional eight soldiers as belonging to the 38th Georgia Regiment, but no supporting records can be found to corroborate these burial records.

Each name entry contains the basic roster notation found in Henderson's Roster of Georgia Confederate Soldiers. The text in bold has been added by the webmaster through research of C.S.A. service records and other historical sources.

Most of these graves are unmarked, unless otherwise noted by the webmaster. Should you have additional information on any of these soldiers please contact me at dnichols16@cox.net

1. Private William J. Anderson - Company G, Jefferson County. Pvt. 10/1/1861. Died at Richmond, Va. July 28, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery, section H, grave# 99.

2. Private Thomas A. Arrington - Company G, Jefferson County. Pvt. 5/1/1862. Died of disease at Richmond, Va. August 11, 1862. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.. Hollywood Cemetery records show: Addington, Thos., Company B, 38 Ga., died August 12, 1862, buried in Section Q, grave # 239.

3. Private Henry J. Barrow - Company G, Jefferson County. Pvt. 10/1/1861. Wounded in 1862. Appointed 1st Corp. July 1863. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. with chronic diarrhea April 25. 1864. Died April 27 or May 4, 1864. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond, Va., buried in section I, grave #156.

4. Private E. F. Bond - Company H, Elbert County. Pvt. March 1, 1864. Died of disease in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. June 9 or 11, 1864. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Cemetery records show: died June 12, 1864, buried in Section U, grave #184.

5. Private Joshua C. Brown, ( Joshua Clark Brown ) - Company F, Hart County. Pvt. Oct/1862. Wounded in 1864. Died of wounds and chronic diarrhea in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. July 1 or 5, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Grave is marked with a modern Veteran’s Administration stone, reads: b. 9/21/1818, d. 7/5/1864, CO F, 38 GA INF, CSA, buried in section U, grave #421. Married Elizabeth Pendleton Vaughan in 1843. Widow, Elizabeth Brown filed a CSA pension application in 1891 in Madison Co. Ga. Widow stated they were married in 1843 and she had been a resident of Ga. since 1818. Witnesses for pensioner: Daniel Brown, C. M. Seymore, I. D. Glower

6. Private Thomas J. Bruce - Company L, Dawson County. Pvt. 5/10/1862. Died at Richmond, Va. November 10 or 18, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery, buried in section S, grave #282.

7. Private Isla Campbell – Company C, Bulloch & Emanuel Counties. Pvt. 10/1/1861. Died of typhoid fever at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., July 22, 1862. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., Soldiers Section Q Lot: 146

8. Private George R. M. Chesnut - (George Robert M. Chesnut ) Company G, Jefferson County. - Pvt. 5/15/1862. Died at Richmond, Va. 7/6/1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery, section M, grave #159. Born in Ga. 8 Apr 1843, lived in the Cross Keys District, DeKalb, Georgia, with his parents, Mary Ann McDill and Alexander J. Chesnut, along with four siblings. Brother of D. A. Chesnut shown above.

9. Private Elimah W.Clark - Company G, Jefferson County. Pvt. May 7, 1862. Captured in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865, and died there of typhoid fever April 28, 1865. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., Section Soldiers Section W Lot: 219.

10. Private George N. Coile, (George Nicholas Coile) - Pvt. 9/29/1861. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. 5/12/1864. Brother of James W. & Joseph W. Coile. Born about 1844 in Ga. Living with parents, father was a tax collector in Oglethorpe Co., Ga. Brother of James W. and Joseph W. Coile. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., Section: Soldiers Section Lot: Unknown. George Coile was probably mortally wounded and sent to a Richmond hospital. If he was killed in battle, his remains would have been buried on the battlefield at Spotsylvania Court House.

11. Private William E. Eckles – (William Edward Eckles) Company E, Oglethorpe County. Pvt. 9/29/1861. Died of disease in General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., January 29th, 1863. William E. Eckles is buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., cemetery records show: died Jan. 29, 1863, buried in Section D, grave #203.

12. Private Green L. Folks- (Or G. L. Faulks) Company G, Jefferson County. Pvt. 10/1/1861. Died in Camp Winder Hospital at Richmond, Va. July 16, 1862. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., cemetery records show: Faulks, G. L., Co. E 38 Ga., died July 16, 1862, buried in Section H, grave # 97. Note, this company was originally mustered as Company E.

13. 3rd Corporal Beverly W. Hall - Company H, Elbert County. Pvt. 10/15/1861. Appointed 3d Corp. in 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Died of wounds June 9, 1864. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond, Va., buried in Section U, grave #581. Cemetery records lists as Company F.

14. Private Jefferson Hawkins - 2nd Company I, Henry County, Alabama. Enlisted January 18, 1862. Transferred from 3d Co. E, 25th Regiment Ga. Inf. to 2d Co. I, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf. 5/2/1862. Died of pneumonia in Richmond, Va., hospital December 2, 1862. His father, Josiah Hawkins filed a claim for unpaid bounty and other monies owed his two sons, Jefferson and John A. Hawkins, on Aug 11th, 1863, stating neither left a wife or child. His father filed the claim at Abbeville, Henry County, Ala. Brother of John A. Hawkins of same company. Hollywood Cemetery records state: J. Hawkins, buried in the Soldiers Section, state, regiment, burial lot unknown, died Dec 1st, 1862.

15. Private W. W. Hopper - ( Whit. W. Hopper ) – Company E, Oglethorpe County. Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. B, 8th Regiment Alabama Inf. May 13, 1861. Transferred to Co. E, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf. as a Corp. (being a citizen of Ga.,) April 1, 1864. Wounded in right thigh by gunshot, date and place not given. Captured in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865, and died there of wounds April 16, 1865. Wounded during the attack on Fort Steadman, at Petersburg, Va., March 25th, 1865. Lt. Lester of Company E recalled, “Whit Hopper and John G. “Red” Tiller were left in the hands of enemy and no doubt died, as he were never heard from again. These were two good soldiers and had done much hard service for their country.” Born in Ga. about 1841, single, living on the farm of Peter Northen in Greene Co., Ga., and working as a farm laborer. 1860 US Census for Greene Co., Ga. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., buried in unknown section, unknown lot, according to Hollywood cemetery records.

16. Private Dozier C. Hunt (Dozier Calloway Hunt) Company F, Hart County. Pvt. 10/15/1861. Captured at Mine Run, Va. November 28, 1863. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. September 30, 1864. Exchanged September 30, 1864, admitted Winder Hospital, Richmond, October 1, 1864, died of disease, Chronic Diarrhea, Jackson Hospital November 15, 1864, Richmond, Va, Source CSA Service Record. Died at Richmond, Va. November 15, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery, buried in Section W, Grave # 155.

17. Captain A. B. Irwin, - ( Andrew Berry Irwin ) 2nd Company I, Henry County, Alabama. 1st Lt. 5/2/1862. Elected Capt. 6/27/1862. Died at Richmond, Va. July 3, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery, Section C, grave #151. Cemetery records list, Irving, A. B., Company L, 38 Ga., died August 20, 1862.

18. Private Jasper Johnson - Company C, Bulloch and Emanuel Counties. Pvt. 10/1/1861. Died at Richmond, Va. July 6 or 7, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Buried in Soldiers Section M Lot: 373. Born in Emanuel Co., Ga., according to CSA service records, also reported as having died July 3rd, 1862.

19. Sergeant Jeremiah J. Johnson - Company G, Jefferson County. Pvt. 10/1/1861. Appointed Sgt. in 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. August 9, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Hollywood Cemetery records show died August 9, 1862, buried in Section Q, grave # 141.

20. Private Charles S. W. Jones - Company K, DeKalb County. Pvt. 9/26/1861. Wounded, Richmond, Va., 1864. Died of wounds, Richmond, Va. Hospital May 18, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery, buried in Section E, grave 35. Cemetery records list Jones, C. S., Company K, 38 Ga, died May 28, 1864.

21. Thomas J. Jordan - Company G, Jefferson County. Pvt. 10/1/1861. Wounded in 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. October 17, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Born in Jefferson County, Ga., according to CSA service record, wounded at the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17th, 1862., admitted to Winder Division Hospital # 4, Sept 30th, 1862. Hollywood Cemetery records show: buried in Soldier’s Section C, grave #57. His father, Thomas G. Jordon filed a claim for unpaid monies owed his son, April 27th, 1863, stating he had neither wife nor child.

22. John S. Marbut (or John T. Marbut ) - Pvt. 9/26/1861. Transferred to Co. D, 4/1/1862. Died in Richmond, Va. Hospital February 25, 1865. CSA service records state he died of pneumonia at Jackson Hospital. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Hollywood Cemetery records show: Marbott, J. T., Company D, 38 Ga., died Feb. 25, 1865, buried in Section W, grave #11. Born in 1846. Has a modern Veteran's Administration grave marker.

23. William T. Marlow, (or William L.) (or William F. Marlow) - Company A, DeKalb County. Pvt. 9/26/1861. Died at Richmond, Va. 10/22/1863. Died at 2nd Division, General Hospital Camp Winder, of chronic diarrhea and typhoid fever. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., Buried in Soldiers Section Lot: Unknown.

24. Private Stephen C. McCurdy- (Stephen Cicero McCurdy) Pvt. 5/1/1862. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital October 14, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Died of chronic diarrhea at Division #2, Jackson Hospital, Richmond, Va. Cemetery records show: McCurdy, S. C., Company G, 38 Ga., died Oct. 14, 1863, buried in Section T, grave # 248. Brother of Phillip & John McCurdy of Co. D.

25. Samuel B. McElroy - Company A, DeKalb County. (Samuel Bryson McElroy) Pvt. 5/15/1862. Died at Richmond, Va. August 30, 1862. Born in Ga. about 1832, married Jane G. Wilson on 23 Nov 1854, Doraville, DeKalb, Georgia. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., cemetery records show: McMoy, S. B., Co. A, 38 Ga., died August 18, 1862, buried in Section S, grave #8. Married Jane G. Wilson in 1854 in DeKalb Co. They had seven small children at the time of his death, all under age of seven. His widow filed a CSA pension application in Apr/1891. States he contacted typhoid fever and was sent to Winder hospital in Richmond, where he died 8/13/1862.

26. Private John Meeks - Company C, Bulloch & Emanuel Counties. Pvt. 10/1/1861. Died at Richmond, Va. August 5, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Hollywood cemetery records show he died Sept. 7, 1862, buried in Section A, grave #74.

27. Private Thomas Orr - Company B, Milton County. Pvt. 10/6/1861. Died in Henningsen Hospital at Richmond, Va. November 1 or December 5, 1862. CSA service state he was in Chimborazo hospital in Richmond with dysentery during November 1862 and was returned to duty Nov. 28th, 1862. Wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec 13th, 1862 and sent to a hospital in Richmond, Va. his Company commander, Lt. K. R. Cross was still trying to find out his fate 13 months and sent a letter to the authorities in Richmond seeking information on his fate and mentioning it would be a great relief to his family to find out his fate. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Soldiers Section Lot: Unknown.

28. Private Isaac N. Parrish, - Company A, DeKalb County. Pvt. 3/1/1862. Died at Richmond, Va. July 19, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery, cemetery records read Parish, J. W., Co A, 38 Ga., died July 19, 1862, buried in Section Q, grave # 254. Widow, Martha H. Parish filed an application for a CSA widows pension in DeKalb Co. in 1891. She states he became sick and was carried to a hospital in Richmond where he died. She states they were married Sept/1857 and she was a resident of Ga. all her life, and since 1841. J. E. Elliott & Robert Eidson signed an affidavit attesting to the facts of his death and stated he was carried to Wynders Hospital in Richmond.

29. Bugler W. H. Perry - Company L, Dawson County. Pvt. 5/10/1862. Appointed Musician November 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. March 4, 1865. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery, Section W, grave #191. Cemetery records show: Perry, W. H., Company A, 38 Ga., died March 14, 1865. Listed in CSA service records as Bugler.

30. Private James W. Phillips - Company C, Bulloch & Emanuel Counties. Pvt. 10/1/1861. Appointed Corporal of the Color Guard in 1861. Died of chronic bronchitis in General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., January 7, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery in the soldier section of the cemetery, burial lot unknown, according to cemetery records.

31. Private Sylvanus Pool - Company E, Oglethorpe County. Pvt. 9/29/1861. Died in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. 5/30/1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Hollywood Cemetery records show he is buried in Section D, grave #207.

32. Private Zilman Pruitt - Company B, Milton County. Pvt. March 22, 1862. Discharged November 7, 1862. Died of tuberculosis in Henningsen Hospital at Richmond, Va. July 25, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Hollywood Cemetery records show: Pruitt, L., Company B, 38 Ga., died April 26, 1863, buried in Section T, grave #347.

33. Private Sion T. Smith – Sion Thomas Smith - Company E, Oglethorpe County. Pvt. 9/29/1861. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital August 1, 1862. Died at Winder Hospital, Reported as wounded in the battle of Gaines Mill, 6/27/1862, and died of wounds. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond Va., buried in soldier’s section H, lot 179.

34. Private Joshua K. Swann, - ( Joshua Key Swann ) Company G, Jefferson County. Pvt. May 15, 1862. Captured and paroled in 1862. Detailed in hospital August 1, 1864. Died in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. February 8, 1865. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Hollywood Cemetery records show: Swann, J. K., Company G, 38Ga., died Feb. 8, 1865, buried in Section W, grave #94.

35. Corporal John G. Tiller - ( John G. “Red” Tiller ) Company E, Oglethorpe County. Pvt. 9/29/1861. Appointed 2d Corp. January 1863. Wounded in right hip, date and place not given. Captured at Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865, and died there of wounds, in Jackson Hospital April 16, 1865. Wounded in the attack on Fort Steadman at Petersburg, Va., 3/25/1865, and fell into the hands of the enemy. Lt. Lester of Company E recalled, “Whit Hopper and John G. “Red” Tiller were left in the hands of enemy and no doubt died, as he were never heard from again. These were two good soldiers and had done much hard service for their country.” Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., Buried in CSA Soldiers Section, Lot: Unknown, according to cemetery records.

36. Private Joseph Maxine Thompson, - (or James M. Thompson ) Company A, DeKalb County. Pvt. 9/26/1861. Wounded at Gaines Mill, Va. 6/27/1862. Died of pneumonia in General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., 12/30/1862. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond Va., in Soldiers Section H Lot: 279.

37. Private Benjamin F. “Benny”Thornton - (Benjamin Franklin Thornton) Company F, Hart County. Pvt. 10/15/1861. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital 8/25/1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Cemetery records show Thornton, M. F., Company F, 38 Ga., died Aug 7, 1862, buried in Section C, grave #178. Born in Georgia about 1844, farmer, single, living with parents Fleming P. Thornton and Harriet Frances Adams, plus three siblings. Father’s personal/real property valued at $4,500. Source: 1860 US Census records for Elbert County, GA, page 104. Brother of James William Thornton shown below.

38. Private Charles C. Vaughn ( Charles “Charlie” C. Vaughn )– Company E, Oglethorpe County. Pvt. 4/29/1862. Died in Winder Hospital at Richmond, Va. July 27, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Hollywood Cemetery records show: Vaughan, C., Company E, 38 Ga., died July 28, 1862, buried in Section H, grave #1. Widow was Frances Caroline Tiller. CSA records show born in Oglethorpe Co. Ga, died July 15th, 1862. She wrote a letter appointing Lt. Charles Hawkins as her attorney in settling debts and collecting pay for her husband after he died. His widow married Private Nicholas B. Johnson after the war.

39. Private Charles H. Westbrook – Company B, Milton County. Pvt. 5/1/1862. Wounded in 1862. Died of wounds in General Hospital, at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., December 22, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery, buried in Section S, grave #344. Born in 1830. There is a cenotaph marker with his name locatd at Subligna Methodist Church Cemetery in Chattooga County, Georgia.

40. Private James W. Young, - (also known as D. W. Young in service records) Company C, Bulloch & Emanuel Counties. Pvt. 5/10/1862. Died of typhoid fever at Richmond, Va. December 24, 1862. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, records show Lt. D. W. Young, Company C, 38th Ga. died Dec 12th, 1862 and buried in Section Q, grave 12.

41. Private Thomas J. Young - Company G, Jefferson County. Pvt. 5/15/1862. Died near Richmond, Va. July 22, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Hollywood Cemetery records show: died July 22, 1862, buried in Section Q, grave #67.

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The below eight soldiers are listed by Hollywood Cemetery records as belonging to the 38th Georgia Regiment, but no other evidence exists to corroborate these records. I have listed the company that cemetery records indicate they belonged, beside each name. If you should have information on any of these soldiers please contact me at dnichols16@cox.net

1. H. J. Baum, – Company C, Bulloch & Emanuel Counties. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Died: 5/4/1864, buried in Soldiers Section I Lot: 136. Name not found in the rolls of the 38th Georgia, not found in Henderson’s Roster of Georgia Confederate Soldiers for any Georgia Regiment, also not found in CSA service records for the 38th Georiga.

2. G. W. Crite, Company E, Oglethorpe County. Born : Unknown Died: 6/4/1864, buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., Soldiers Section U Lot: 499. Name not found in the rolls of the 38th Georgia, not found in Henderson’s Roster of Georgia Confederate Soldiers for any Georgia Regiment, also not found in CSA service records for the 38th Georiga.

3. Andrew Lawson, Company G, Jefferson County. Died: 7/8/1862, buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Soldiers Section M Lot: 439. Name not found in the rolls of the 38th Georgia, not found in Henderson’s Roster of Georgia Confederate Soldiers for any Georgia Regiment, also not found in CSA service records for the 38th Georiga.

4. L. B. Lee, Company K, DeKalb County. Died 6/22/1864, buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Soldiers Section U Lot: 55. Name not found in the rolls of the 38th Georgia, not found in Henderson’s Roster of Georgia Confederate Soldiers for any Georgia Regiment, also not found in CSA service records for the 38th Georiga.

5. James A. Meekings, or James A.Mekins, Company G, Jefferson County. died 10/12/1862, buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Soldiers Section V Lot: 118. Name not found in the rolls of the 38th Georgia, not found in Henderson’s Roster of Georgia Confederate Soldiers for any Georgia Regiment, also not found in CSA service records for the 38th Georiga.

6. C. S. Sutler, Company K, DeKalb County. Died: 5/30/1864, buried Soldiers Section E Lot: 34. Name not found in the rolls of the 38th Georgia, not found in Henderson’s Roster of Georgia Confederate Soldiers for any Georgia Regiment, also not found in CSA service records for the 38th Georiga.

7. James Thipling [Thripling] Company K, DeKalb County. Died: 7/3/1862, buried in Soldiers Section M Lot: 223. Name not found in the rolls of the 38th Georgia, not found in Henderson’s Roster of Georgia Confederate Soldiers for any Georgia Regiment, also not found in CSA service records for the 38th Georiga.

8. G. W. Wells [Well] - Died: 6/6/1862, buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., Soldier’s Section M, Lot 26. Name not found in the rolls of the 38th Georgia, not found in Henderson’s Roster of Georgia Confederate Soldiers for any Georgia Regiment, also not found in CSA service records for the 38th Georgia.

Source: This data is extracted from the data Base of Confederate Dead in Hollywood Cemetery from 1869 Register `Source document: Register of Confederate Dead Interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.; Gary, Clemmitt, & Jones, Printers, 1869, and current Hollywood Cemetery Records.