Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery is the city cemetery of Marianna, Florida, and has been in operation since the city of Marianna was established. The cemetery contains both white and black citizens. Marianna was an important post during the War for Southern Independence, and was the home of the Confederate Command in Florida west of the Apalachicola River. A Confederate hospital, store houses, stables, and the local Commissary Department were located here.
Eleven Confederate graves are marked unknown at Riverside. Many of the stones of these unknowns, along with some stones of the known, were found severely damaged and in need of repair. Camp 1346 has repaired all the C.S. A. Stones at Riverside Cemetery.
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James H. Brett - Z. T.
Brogdon - John T. Bryan - C. W. Bullock
- Arthur A. Calhoun
Edmund D. Crutchfield - John D. Deering -
Robert S. Dickson - Thomas G. Dickson
James Albert Farley - B. F. Hart -
William Thomas Kimbell - Arthur Lewis, Sr.
Richard Lewis - William Augustus Lewis -
John Martin - Albert Mawhinney
Daniel Love McKinnon - Seaborn Gregory
O'Neal - Benjamin F. Parker
T. P. Perry - Dr. James L. Powell -
James Nicholas Richardson - W. Salley
James Sidney Smith - Dr. Walter Robert Snead
- Harrison Tillinghast
Eleven Unknowns - Charles Wandeck -
O. M. Watson
Samuel B. Welch - Theophilus West, M.D.
| James H. Brett was Marianna's town constable and a member of Norwood's "Cradle to Grave" Volunteers at the time of the Marianna Raid. It is reported that he was wounded and then clubbed to death by Black Union Troops. He was fifty-two at the time of his death. [THE WEST FLORIDA WAR] |
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| Nasrey L. "Z. T." Brogden is listed as twenty-six years old in the 1860 Jackson County census. He enlisted on 24 Jul 1863, in Company B, 4th Battalion Florida Infantry. Company B, 4th Battalion Florida Infantry became Company H, 11th Florida Infantry, on 8 Jun 1864. Private Brogden died at the hospital in Marianna, Florida, on 22 Dec 1863. [NARA PUB M251 REEL 99 - CIVIL WAR MICROFILM - ANCESTRY.COM] |
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| John T. Bryan was born in Washington County, Florida on 29 Nov 1830. He enlisted as a private in Company M, 1st Georgia Regulars, at Albany, Georgia, in Jul 1862. Company M became Company D in late 1864. John surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, on 26 Apr 1865. It is reported that he was the last sentinel on duty with the Army of Tennessee at the surrender. John married Mary Baker on 17 Jun 1866, in Jackson County, Florida. John died on 4 Sep 1914. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION A04087] |
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| C. W.
Bullock was born in Georgia in 1840. He enlisted in the
Marianna Dragoons as a private on 14 Mar 1862. This company became
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry on 24 Sep 1863. He was paroled
in May 1865. Private Bullock is found in the 1880 Jackson
County census living with his wife Amanda.
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| Arthur Adolf Calhoun enlisted in Company A, 2nd Georgia Infantry on 2 Apr 1861. At the end of his enlistment, he reenlisted in Company A, 2nd Kentucky (Duke's) Cavalry (Morgan's Regiment) on 1 Jun 1862. He was wounded and captured at Cynthiana on 1 Jul 1862. He was exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 8 Dec 1862. He served with his Kentucky regiment until the end of the war. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION A05804] |
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| Edmund D. Crutchfield was born in Thomas County, Georgia, on 18 Dec 1846 (Some records list 8 Dec 1841) and died in Jackson County, Florida, on 26 Apr 1919. He enlisted in Company I, 11th Florida Infantry Regiment on 3 May 1863. He was wounded on 30 Jul 1864, when the Union Army set off a large bomb under the Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia. Edmund was captured on 6 Apr 1865, and was released from P.O.W. camp in June 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION A02150] | Has No Headstone |
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| John D. Deering (Dering) enlisted in Captain Smith's Marianna Dragoons. This company later became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry. [ANCESTRY.COM] |
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| Robert S. Dickson, son of R. S. Dickson, was born in Florida about 1848. He enlisted in Company C, 1st Florida Reserves on 11 Jun 1864. He is listed in one record as being promoted to Sergeant. At the end of the ware, he is listed as taking the "Oath" on 14 May 1865, at Madison, Florida. He was 5' 6" tall with dark eyes and complexion, and with light hair. [ANCESTRY.COM] |
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| Thomas Godwin Dickson was born 28 June 1847, in Jackson County, Florida. He married Eugenia Eliza Wood on 22 Feb 1866, in Washington County, Florida. Thomas was the son of Marmaduke Dickson, Sr. who was killed during the Marianna Raid. In 1863 he enlisted in Company B, 15 Confederate Cavalry at Mobile, Alabama. One record lists his enlistment date as Jan 1864. Thomas was taken prisoner in April 1865 at Clayburn, Alabama. His Florida Confederate Pension records show he later married Elizabeth King on 12 Jul 1889, in Jackson County, Florida. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION RECORD #A02856] |
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| James Albert Farley, son of Stephen Evans Farley and Mary Parker, was born 4 Oct 1814, and died 7 May 1875. He married Ellen W. Brett on 16 May 1861, in Jackson County, Florida. James enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st Florida Reserves on 2 Aug 1864, at the age of forty-nine. He was captured in Marianna on 27 Sep 1864, and was paroled on 28 Sep 1864, at Marianna, Florida. [ANCESTRY. COM] |
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| B. F.
Hart enlisted in Company D, 2nd Regiment Florida Cavalry on
24 Jun 1862. This company became Company B, 5th Battalion Florida
Cavalry by special order from General Howell Cobb on 13 Aug 1863.
The company was re-organized on 9 Oct 1863. Records are in poor
quality, but it appears B. F. Hart took "The Oath" in 1865.
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| William
Thomas Kimbell Note: Please contact Historian Ashley Pollette if you have information on this veteran. |
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| Arthur Lewis was born about 1807 in North Carolina. He was a member of Captain Norwood's "Cradle to Grave" Volunteers. His son, Arthur, Jr., was the scout for Company I, 5th Florida Cavalry who brought news of the Union advance on Marianna, Florida, in late Sep 1864. Arthur, Sr., a member of Captain Norwood's Militia, was severely wounded during the Marianna Raid and died two days later on 29 Sep 1864. Arthur Lewis, Sr. has been confused with Arthur Lewis, Jr. and is listed in some records as being in Company I, 5th Florida Cavalry. [ANCESTRY.COM – WEST FLORIDA WAR] |
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| Richard Lewis, son of Arthur and Isabella Chapman Lewis, was born in Jackson County, Florida, on 25 Aug 1849. He died in Milton, Florida, on 12 Oct 1920. Richard married Bettie McNealy on 3 May 1876, in Jackson County, Florida. Lewis worked as a civilian in the Confederate Commissary Department at the St. Andrew Bay Salt Works and at the Commissary Department at Marianna, Florida. One witness swore he was a member of the Florida Troops at the end of the war, but no record of military service can be found. [ANCESTRY. COM & FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION #D22612] |
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| William A. Lewis, son of Arthur and Isabella Chapman Lewis, was born in North Carolina about 1839. In the 1860 Jackson County census, the twenty year old William is listed in his fathers household as a salesman. He enlisted in the Marianna Dragoons as 1st Trumpeter, 14 Mar 1862. Records indicate he died in 1863, and is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Marianna, Florida. Please contact Historian Ashley Pollette if you have information on this veteran. [ANCESTRY. COM] |
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| John C. MARTIN enlisted in Company B, 7th Alabama Infantry on 25 Jul 1861, at Alexander, Alabama. He was assigned to a special detail as an orderly. No other record found. [FOOTNOTE.COM] | Grave Not Found |
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| Albert
Mawhinney Note: Please contact Historian Ashley Pollette if you have information on this veteran. |
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| Daniel Love McKinnon, son of John McKinnon and Catherine Douglas, was born 24 Dec 1843, in Walton County, Florida. He died 24 Dec 1924, in Jackson County, Florida. Daniel married Mary Attaway on 20 Oct 1870, in Jackson County, Florida. He enlisted in Company D, 1st Florida Infantry in 1862 and was paroled at Americus, Georgia, in May 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A02563] |
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| Seaborn Gregory O'Neal born 11 Sep 1840, in Harris County, Georgia. He is found listed in the 1860 Harris County, Georgia, census in the household of his father. By 1910 he is living in Sneads, Florida, and in the 1920 census he resides in Marianna, Florida. He enlisted in Company I, 29th Mississippi Regiment in 1862, and was discharged from service at a Macon, Georgia, Confederate Hospital in 1865. He states he was never paroled. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A08519] |
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| Benjamin F. Parker was born about 1828 in North Carolina. He is listed in the 1850 Calhoun County, Florida, census and the 1860 & 1870 Jackson County, Florida, census. There is a Benjamin F. Franklin who enlisted in Company E, 1st Florida Regiment as a private. Another Benjamin F. Parker is listed as the adjutant of the 9th Regiment Florida Infantry. A Berry F. Parker is listed in the records as being in Company D, 7th Florida Regiment. Please contact Historian Ashley Pollette if you have information on this veteran. |
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| T. P. Perry enlisted as a private in Company A, 20th Battalion Georgia Cavalry 12 May 1862. He was transferred to Company D, 10 Jan 1863, then to Company I, 62nd Regiment Georgia Infantry, and the to (New) Company I, 8th Regiment Georgia Cavalry on 11 Jul 1864. Muster Roll for 31 Dec 1864, last on file shows him on detail to procure remount since 19 Nov 1864. Private Perry was paroled at Thomasville, Georgia, 10 May 1865. |
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James L. Powell enlisted, as a private, in Company H, 1st
Alabama Reserves. Note: Please contact Historian Ashley Pollette if you have information on this veteran. |
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| James Nicholas Richardson was 18 years old when he enlisted in Captain Finley's Company. This company became Company E, 6th Florida Infantry. Finley's Company was organized on 17 Mar1862 at Marianna and he was enlisted in the Confederate Army at Mount Vernon Arsenal (Chattahoochee, Florida) on 17 Apr 1862. He was detailed to work in a Confederate Government shoe shop in Knoxville, Tennessee in Aug 1862. In 1863 he was detailed as a nurse in a Confederate Hospital. In late 1863 he is listed as a patient at the Confederate Hospital at Griffin, Georgia. He was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, 1 May 1865. James married Alcestus (Allie) May McNealy on 5 Feb 1879. James died on 25 Oct 1906 and is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Marianna, Florida. [NARA PUBLICATION M251 REEL 74 - FL CONFEDERATE PENSION A02035] |
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| W. M.
Salley enlisted in Company F, 7th Kentucky, Mounted
Infantry on 7 Apr 1864, at Ballard County, Kentucky.
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| James Sidney Smith enlisted in the Company A, 29th Georgia Regiment in 1862, and when his enlistment expired he re-enlisted in Company F, 57th Georgia Infantry regiment. He was detailed to the Confederate Commissary Shipping Department at Thomasville, Georgia. James was then assigned as a courier in Apr 1864, by General Mercer at Savannah, Georgia. He was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina on 1 May1865. [FOOTNOTE.COM - FL Confederate Pension A08046] |
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| Dr. Walter Robert Snead enlisted in Captain Snead's Company (Local Defense) on 4 Mar 1864. This company was formerly Company C, Salisbury Prison Guard Battalion. It is also known as Company C, Freeman's North Carolina Battalion Infantry. [FOOTNOTE.COM] |
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| Harrison Tillinghast enlisted as a twenty year old 2nd Lieutenant in Captain McClellan's Company, 2nd Regiment Florida Infantry, at Camp Virginia, in Jul 1861. This company became Company F, 2nd Florida Regiment. Harrison was promoted to Captain in 1862 and was killed in battle at Sharpsburg, Maryland on 17 Sep 1862. [NARA PUBLICATION M251 REEL 41] |
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| Charles
Wandeck Note: Please contact Historian Ashley Pollette if you have information on this veteran. |
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| O. M. Watson was a member of Norwood's "Cradle to Grave" Volunteers. He was at the Battle of Marianna, but managed to escape capture during the battle. [WEST FLORIDA WAR] |
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| Samuel
B. Welch (Welsh) Records of the 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment lists one person named _______ Welsh who enlisted in Company K, 6th Mississippi Infantry, on 1 May 1864. He was sent to a hospital on 12 May 1864. Confederate Soldiers & Sailors buried in Florida lists Samuel as in Company H, 6th Mississippi Infantry. Please contact Historian Ashley Pollette if you have information on this veteran. [FOOTNOTE.COM] |
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| Theophilus West, M.D., son of Charles Bundick West and Zipporah F. Tapping, was born in Leon County, Florida on 5 Sep 1836. The 1860 census lists him in the Jackson County household of Mrs. Rebecca Russ. At the time of the 1860 census, he is twenty-four years old and his occupation is listed as Physician. He married Rebecca Davis Spears on 14 Mar 1861, at Marianna, Jackson County, Florida. Theophilus enlisted in Company E, 8th Florida Infantry Regiment on 13 May 1862, and moved thru the ranks from 2nd Sergeant to 1st Sergeant, and finally on 15 Jul 1862, he was promoted to Assistant Surgeon of the 8th Florida Infantry Regiment. Dr. West surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on 9 Apr 1865. He was paroled on 10 Apr 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Returning to Marianna he practice medicine and pharmacy until late in his life. His signature is found on many pension applications of the Confederate Veterans of Jackson County. Theophilus married Anna Louisa Slade on 17 Jun 1902. He died on 10 Apr 1923 and is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Marianna, Florida. [PENSION #A02456 - ANCESTRY. COM] |
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Some of the eleven unknowns buried at Riverside May have been patients who died at the Confederate hospital. Others May have died during the Battle of Marianna. In any case Marianna is one of the few communities in Florida to have a Confederate Cemetery. The Union soldiers who died at the Battle of Marianna were buried here, but later the Federal government removed their bodies to the V. A. Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida
August 2009: Dale Cox Identifies nine of the unknowns at Riverside. MORE >>>>
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