Staunton, Virginia was the site of a large Confederate General Hospital during the war. Most, if not all, of the soldiers who died of disease or wounds while there, are buried at Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton. Twenty members of the 38th Georgia Regiment are known to be buried at Thornrose Cemetery.
There is a large Confederate monument located in the center of the Confederate burial section, however only two graves are marked with individual stones. One of the two marked graves is for Pvt. Anderson P. Flowers of the 38th Georgia Regiment.
Also, the monument is not inscribed with the names of the 1077 known Confederate soldiers buried around this monument. To find the names of the solders buried here, you must contact the cemetery office during business hours. On each of the four sides of the monument is inscribed:
870 Lie Here
Recorded by Name, Company & Regiment:
From
Virginia 385, N. Carolina 176, S. Carolina 59,
Georgia 208, Alabama 49, Florida 8,
Mississippi 11, Louisiana 19, Tennessee 12,
Arkansas 20, Texas 3,
And 207
Recorded by Name Only
Confederate Dead
“There is True Glory and a True Honor
The Glory of Duty Done,
The Honor of the Integrity of Principle”
Robert E. Lee
Weight Not Their Worth
By The Balance Of Battle
These Have Glorified Their Cause
By The Record Of Noble Sacrifice,
The Simple Manhood Of Their Lives,
The Patient Endurance Of Suffering,
And The Heroism Of Death.
May Such Fidelity And Patriotism
Endure Forever.
“As Unknown And Yet Well Known”
Around This Shaft
Are Gathered Also The Remains Of
About 700 Confederate Soldiers,
Not Recorded By Name,
From Fields of Allegheny, McDowell,
Cross Keys, Port Republic, Piedmont &c.
Virginia Forgets Not Any
Who Died In Her Defence.
The twenty members of the 38th Georgia Regiment buried at Thornrose Cemetery are:
1. Samuel Anderson - Company G, Jefferson County, Georgia. Private October 1, 1861. Died at Staunton, Va. August 4, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
2. John W. Bond - Company H, Elbert County, Georgia. Private March 1, 1862. Died September 3, 1862. Buried in Thornrose Cemetery at Staunton, Va.
3. Benager T. Brown - ( Benager Teasley Brown ) Company F, Hart & Elbert Counties, Georgia. 2d Lt. 10/15/1861. Elected 1st Lt. June 22, 1862. Died at Staunton, Va. July 27 or 29, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. Born in Georgia about 1841, single, farmer, living with parents, Roland Jefferson & E. A. Brown, along with four siblings. His father owned real estate valued at $1,500 and personal property valued at $7,560. 1860 US Census for Elbert County, GA, District not stated, Roll: M653_120; Page: 854; family # 785. His father owned 11 slaves. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedule, Elbert County, GA.
4. James D. Brown - Company G, Jefferson County, Georgia. Private March 2, 1862. Died at Staunton, Va. August 9, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
5. Milton R. Brown (or Middleton R.) - Company H, Elbert County, Georgia. Private September 10, 1862. Died in American Hotel Hospital at Staunton, Va. December 14, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
6. William Burgess - Company B, Milton County, Georgia. Private October 6, 1861. Died at Staunton, Va. November 9, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
7. James R. Cook - Company K, DeKalb County, Georgia. Private May 15, 1862. Died at Staunton, Va. July 24, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
8. Ethelred Farmer - Company E, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Private May 5, 1862. Died in Staunton, Va. August 5, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
9. Asbury P. Flowers - Band, Company A, DeKalb County, Georgia. Musician. February 6, 1862. Transferred to Co. A, as a private March 1, 1862. Appointed fifer in 1862. Died at Staunton, Va. hospital January 20, 1863. Buried in Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA. Preston Flowers was the son of Captain John Y. Flowers, the company commander of Company A. Captain Flowers resigned during June of 1862 due to ill health, but he lost two sons and a son-in-law during the war, all three serving and dying while part of the 38th Georgia Regiment. Grave marker reads Anderson P. Flowers, Mus. Company A, 38th Ga. Infantry, Wright's Legion, Confederate States Army. One of only two marked graves in the Confederate section of the cemetery.
10. Jesse W. Fortson - Company F, Hart & Elbert Counties, Georgia. Private May 10, 1862. Died at Staunton, Va. July 27, 1862 . Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. There is a tombstone at Dove’s Creek Cemetery, Elbert Co., GA, for Jesse W. Fortson, unknown if he is buried there or simply a cenotaph.
11. M. C. Gaines ( Marion C. Gaines ) - Company H, Elbert County, Georgia. Private, 10/15/1861. Died of typhoid fever, in General Hospital at Staunton, Va. July 27, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. Born in Elbert Co., Ga. Father, George Gaines filed a claim for any money due his son upon his death; CSA service records.
12. Bishop S. Green - Company I, Dawson County, Georgia. Private. 5/6/1862. Died of disease at Staunton, Va. 11/9/1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. Widow, Elizabeth Green filed a claim for any unpaid monies Bishop S. Green, Nov, 28th, 1863, in Dawson County, Georgia.
13. Julius J. Gober - Company K, DeKalb County, Georgia. 1st Lieutenant September 26, 1861. Died from typhoid fever in General Hospital at Staunton, Va. July 26, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
14. M. Green Hodges - Company I, Dawson County, Georgia. Private, May 10, 1862. Died in Staunton, Va. hospital July 10, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
15. I. H. Ivey, (or J. H. Ivey ) - Company G, Jefferson County, Georgia. Private, 10/1/1861. Died at Staunton, Va. 10/28/1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
16. Charles Miller - Company A, DeKalb County, Georgia. Private, September 26, 1861. Died at Staunton, Va. August 12, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
17. Nicholas G. J. Patridge - Company E, Oglethorpe County. Private, 3/10/1862. Died of typhoid fever in General Hospital at Staunton, Va. August 24, or October 10, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
18. William H. Powers - Company A, DeKalb County, Georgia. Private, September 26, 1861. Died at Staunton, Va. August 3, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
19. Thomas M. Wilson - Company A, DeKalb County, Georgia. Private, September 26, 1861. Died at Staunton, Va. August 5, 1862. Buried at Thornrose Cemetery
20. John P. West - Company A, DeKalb County, Georgia. Private, March 1, 1862. Died in Staunton, Va. hospital, Va., July 24, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
Thornrose Cemetery
1041 W. Beverley St.
Staunton, Va. 24401
