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Burial Sites - Company D
Photo: Robbie Lathem
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Pvt. John T. Beavers - Company D, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. John T. Beavers enlisted as a private on February 27, 1862. The roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. There is no later record. He was born on November 27, 1837 and died on October 14, 1914. He was married to Mary Westbrook Beavers (1843-1927). He is buried in the Daniel Family Cemetery in Macedonia, Georgia.
Burial information and photo submitted by Robbie Lathem, Summerville, Georgia.
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Pvt. John Wesley Chapman - Company D, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. John Wesley Chapman enlisted as a private on February 27, 1862. He was wounded in the right foot, necessitating amputation above the knee, at Seven Pines, Virginia on May 31, 1862. He was at home on wounded furlough at the close of the war. He was born on October 3, 1839 and died on June 20, 1903. He is buried in the Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery in Canton, Georgia.
Burial information from the Georgia Division UDC Confederate Graves Roster and submitted by David Butler.
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Photo: Ron Edge
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Pvt. Elijah Hillhouse - Company D, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. Elijah Hillhouse enlisted as a private on September 3, 1861. He was wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia, on May 31, 1862 and died of his wounds on June 8, 1862. He is buried in the Hollwood Cemetery at Richmond, Virginia.
Gravestone photo submitted by Pvt. Elijah Hillhouse's great-great-great nephew, Ron Edge.
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Photo: C.J. Bishop
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1st Lt. Samuel W. Hillhouse - Company D, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. Samuel W. Hillhouse enlisted as a private on September 3, 1861. He was breveted to 2nd Lieutenant on September 23, 1862 and later promoted to 1st Lieutenant. He surrendered following the Battle of Bentonville at Greensboro, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. He was born on October 22, 1826 and lived in Cherokee County, Georgia, after the war. He was married to Augusta Ann Cole Hillhouse (1840-1908). He died on July 9, 1887 and was buried in the Hillhouse Family Cemetery in Holly Springs, Cherokee County, Georgia.
Gravestone photo submitted by Ron Edge.
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Photo: Sherri Honea Dowdy
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2nd Cpl. Sion Thomas Honea - Company D, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. Sion Thomas Honea was born in South Carolina in January 1839. His family moved to Canton, Georgia, when he was a child. He enlisted in the 28th Georgia, Company D on September 3, 1861. He surrendered with the regiment at Greensboro, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865. He was the brother of Pvt. William P. Honea (28th Georgia, Company D) and Pvt. Charles W. Honea (43rd Georgia, Company B). Sion married Talitha Cumi Wilson in Canton, Georgia on January 28, 1866. They had six sons and four daughters, who were born in several places around Georgia and Mississippi. They eventually settled in Indian Territory close to Harrah, Oklahoma. Sion passed away on January 25, 1909 and is buried in the Memory Lane Cemetery in Harrah, Oklahoma.
Information and photo provided by Sherri Honea Dowdy, great-great-granddaugher of Sion Thomas Honea.
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Photo: Ron Edge
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Pvt. Levi Foster Hughes - Company D, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. Levi Foster Hughes enlisted as a private on August 1, 1863. The roll taken on December 31, 1863, the last on file, shows him present. There is no later record. He was born on October 10, 1820 and died on November 26, 1891. He is buried in the Lebanon Methodist Church Cemetery in Holly Springs, Georgia.
Burial information submitted by Ron Edge.
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Photo: Jon Oswald
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Pvt. David Keown - Company D, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. David Keown enlisted as a private on February 22, 1862. He was wounded during the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland on September 17, 1862 and was left on the battlefield where he died of his wounds. He has a gravestone in a private cemetery near Lake Allatoona in Georgia.
Burial information submitted by Jon Oswald.
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Photo: Jon Oswald
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Pvt. John S. Keown - Company D, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. John S. Keown enlisted as a private on September 3, 1861. The roll for December 31, 1863, the last on file, shows him at home on sick furlough. There is no later record. He was born in 1842 and died in 1901. He is buried in a private cemetery near Lake Allatoona in Georgia.
Burial information submitted by Jon Oswald.
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Photos: Cliff Ragsdale
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1st Sgt. John Ragsdale - (1831-1892) Company D, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. From Cherokee County, Georgia. 1st. Sergeant, August 27, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him at home on sick furlough. No later record. Buried in the Landmark Baptist Church Cemetery (in the NW quadrant of the site) in Holly Springs, Georgia.
Photos courtesy of Cliff Ragsdale, great-great-grandson of Sgt. John Ragsdale.
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Photo: Michael D.J. Tedder
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Pvt. Benjamin Wesley Tedder - Company D, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. Benjamin Wesley Tedder was born in 1838. He enlisted as a private on September 3, 1861. He died at the Winder Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, on June 20, 1862 and was buried in an unmarked, mass grave at the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.
Burial information and photo submitted by Michael D.J. Tedder, great-great-great grandson of Pvt. Benjamin Wesley Tedder.
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