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Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia

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Date: 1853 [unknown]
Location: Savannah, Georgiamap
Surnames/tags: Georgia Cemeteries Southern_Colonies
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Laurel Grove Cemetery North

Notable interments
Name Notability References
Edward Clifford Anderson Sr. 8 times elected Mayor of Savannah before and after the American Civil War, 15 Year Veteran of the US Navy, Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army. Led Savannah's Reconstruction efforts
George Wayne Anderson Jr. Commander of Fort McAllister during American Civil War, Member of the Republican Blues. Was born at, and later Owned Lebanon plantation located between Fort McAllister and Savannah.
Francis Stebbins Bartow Confederate politician and Confederate States Army officer during the wikipedia:American Civil War Find A Grave: Memorial #6004341
John M. Berrien United States Senator from the state of Georgia Berrien-37
William Bellinger Bulloch U.S. Senator from Georgia and relative of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt Bulloch-222
Robert Milledge Charlton Senator representing Georgia Charlton-856
Stephen Elliott 37th bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA)
William Bennett Fleming United States Representative from Georgia Fleming-1624
Jeremy F. Gilmer Chief of Engineers for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
William Washington Gordon politician and businessman, he co-founded and served as the first president of the Central Railroad and Banking Company (now the Central of Georgia Railroad)
George Paul Harrison, Sr. Brigadier general (1861–1862) and colonel (1864–1865) in the Georgia (Confederate) militia; member of the Georgia House of Representatives
Julian Hartridge United States Representative from Georgia
Frank O'Driscoll Hunter World War I fighter ace and the recipient of Distinguished Service Cross five times. Later served as commanding general of the VIII Fighter Command and, later, the First Air Force, during World War II
Juliette Gordon Low founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA Gordon-6050
Florence Martus nicknamed "the Waving Girl", the unofficial greeter of all ships that entered and left the Port of Savannah
Lafayette McLaws U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War
John Millen United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia
Thomas Manson Norwood United States Senator and Representative from Georgia Norwood-1050
George Welshman Owens United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia
John William Pearson businessman and Confederate Captain of the Oklawaha Rangers
Phoebe Pember Confederate nurse at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War
Philip Phillips lawyer, politician and U.S. Representative from Alabama
James Lord Pierpont writer and composer of the song Jingle Bells Pierpont-113
Moxley Sorrel Confederate States Army officer and historian of the Confederacy
William Henry Stiles United States Representative from Georgia.
Joseph Wasden Confederate officer in the American Civil War Find A Grave: Memorial #14156083
James Moore Wayne Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and a United States Representative from Georgia
Dr. Richard Wayne mayor of Savannah, Georgia for four terms

Laurel Grove Cemetery, South

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