439th Signal Battalion Posted July 2, 2016 Share #1 Posted July 2, 2016 I had some free time this morning so my kids and I decided to go by Riverside Cemetery while out running errands. It has been years since I have visited there (I used to help in placing flags on the graves of Confederate soldiers during Confederate Memorial Day) and I had almost forgotten about some of the intriguing historical personalities that are found there. Even though I only had time to locate a few of these, there are hundreds of veterans from the Mexican War up to Vietnam buried here, including several German POW's from WWI that died of the Spanish Flu epidemic. A.C. Redwood was the famous Confederate solider and artist that was with the Army of Virginia during the war. Many of his drawings and sketches are some of the best primary sources for Confederate soldiers in the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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439th Signal Battalion Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted July 2, 2016 I would assume some of these German soldiers were Jewish, hence the stones that are on top of the monument? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted July 2, 2016 Posey was a bodyguard of President Lincoln but was not on duty the night he was assassinated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted July 2, 2016 Medal of Honor winner for actions at the Battle of Cedar Creek, VA, October 1864. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share #7 Posted July 2, 2016 These soldiers participated in the infamous, "Trail of Tears" tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted July 2, 2016 Author Thomas Wolfe of, "Look Homeward Angel." His father was born in Gettysburg, PA and was there during the battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share #9 Posted July 2, 2016 Author, O'Henry, or William Sydney Portier. He wrote, "The Gift of the Magi" and many other short stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted July 2, 2016 Share #10 Posted July 2, 2016 IMG_0773 (450x600).jpg Posey was a bodyguard of President Lincoln but was not on duty the night he was assassinated. The things this man saw...87 years that saw the Civil War and WWI, and some of the biggest and most monumental advances in America History. The biggest things we see anymore are social networking and wireless technology...pales in comparison to cars and flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerialbridge Posted July 2, 2016 Share #11 Posted July 2, 2016 $1.87 in change. One of my favorite tales, I enjoy watching the melodrama performed in period costumes every Thanksgiving - Christmas Season at the Birdcage Theater at Knotts in Buena Park. Thanks for posting the photos. https://riversidecemeterync.wordpress.com/2015/07/08/o-henrys-pennies/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share #12 Posted July 2, 2016 $1.87 in change. One of my favorite tales, I enjoy watching the melodrama performed in period costumes every Thanksgiving - Christmas Season at the Birdcage Theater at Knotts in Buena Park. Thanks for posting the photos. https://riversidecemeterync.wordpress.com/2015/07/08/o-henrys-pennies/ $1.87 in change...you got it! Very good sir. Interestingly, I just read this story again not too long ago in an old ex-library book called, "Stories to Remember." When I first saw his grave this morning, I couldn't figure out why these coins were there and then it dawned on me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share #13 Posted July 2, 2016 The things this man saw...87 years that saw the Civil War and WWI, and some of the biggest and most monumental advances in America History. The biggest things we see anymore are social networking and wireless technology...pales in comparison to cars and flight Very true. I kind of chucked when I found this grave this morning. As the years passed, many of the Northern and Southern soldiers were known to have put their differences aside and conversed about old times like old friends. In my mind, I can see CPT Posey and a Southern soldier asking what they did in the war. "Well sir, I was with the 14th North Carolina a fought with General Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia until Appomattox." "How about you?" "I was one of President Lincoln's personal bodyguards..." I'll be that raised in eyebrow or two in the South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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