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PYRAMID MONUMENT TO CONFEDERATE DEAD IN 
 HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY 
 
 Erected by the Ladies' Hollywood Memorial association 
 AT THE Cost of $26,000 
 
 Its base measures forty-five feet square, height ninety feet, and consists of irregular 
 blocks of James River granite- Its four sides bear the following inscriptions: 
 
 "Erected by the Hollywood Memorial Association, 
 A. D. 1869" 
 
 "To THE Confederate Dead" 
 
 "Memoria in Sterna" 
 
 "Numini et Patriae Asto"" 
 
Our Confederate 
 Dead 
 
 JEW ^oubentr 
 
 IS AUTHORIZED BY THE 
 
 LADIES' HOLLYWOOD MEMORIAL 
 '' ASSOCIATION 
 
 OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 
 Organixtd May 3, 1866 
 
 Ij^titt 10 €tnti 
 
 1916 
 

 COPYRIGHT 
 DECEMBER, 1915 
 
 
 
 WHITTET t SHe^PERSON, PRINreR*/ HICHMOND, VA. 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
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 THE war between the North and South of the 
 United States of America covered a period of 
 four years, from the firing of the first gun at 
 Fort Sumter, S. C, April 12, 1861, to April 9, 1865. 
 
 On this latter date Robert E. Lee, Commander-in- 
 Chief of the Confederate Army, surrendered to 
 Ulysses S. Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the Federal 
 or United States Army, at Appomattox Courthouse, 
 Virginia. 
 
 Richmond was the capital of the Confederate States 
 and Virginia virtually the battle-field of the long 
 conflict. 
 
 According to the New York World Almanac for 
 1894, the men furnished the Federal Army numbered 
 2,778,304. In regard to the number of men furnished 
 the Confederate Army, replying by letter to the writer's 
 query. General Marcus J. Wright, War Records, states 
 that "the absence of complete rolls of the Confederate 
 Army makes it impossible to give an exact report." The 
 most accurate estimates place the number "at between 
 600,000 and 700,000." 
 
Roses, White and Red 
 
 Inscribed to the ladies of the Hollywood Memorial Asso- 
 ciation, by Mrs. E. D. Hundley (now dead), author of "The 
 Bonnie Blue Flag," and other lyrics. 
 
 Oh ! gather the sweet red roses, 
 
 And roses of snowy white. 
 And twine in a wreath immortal 
 
 Those flowers of love and light 
 To crown our gallant soldiers. 
 
 Who, in dreamless slumber lie, 
 'Mid the perfume and the incense 
 
 Of deeds that never die. 
 
 For warm as the hearts of crimson 
 
 That burn in the sun-kissed leaves, 
 Of the brilliant blood-red roses 
 
 When the nightingale sadly grieves, 
 Are the tears that fall at noontide 
 
 For the dead and buried braves. 
 They've bequeathed us glorious history. 
 
 We can give them only graves. 
 
 So over these graves of emerald 
 
 Plant fragrant roses of white, 
 Empearled with the tears of angels. 
 
 In the blue and stilly night ; 
 As the dews descend from heaven, 
 
 And the west wind softly sighs, 
 While the sentinel stars above them 
 
 Keep watch in the azure skies. 
 
 How well they sleep in the Southland, 
 
 Those warriors of long ago. 
 While about them clamber the roses. 
 
 Blood-red, and roses of snow ; 
 So gather the sweet, red roses, 
 
 And roses white and fair. 
 And cover cur gallant heroes 
 
 With the colors they used to wear. 
 
History of the 
 
 Ladies' Hollywood Memorial 
 Association 
 
 1865 to 1916 
 
 DURING the winter of i865-'66 Rev. Charles 
 D. Minnigerode, rector of St. Paul's Church, 
 and Frank W. Dawson, late of the Charleston 
 News and Courier (S. C), met casually in the parlor 
 of Mrs. Charles G. Barney. While speaking of the 
 war Captain Dawson expressed the wish that some 
 custom could be established in recognition of the Con- 
 federate dead. Dr. Minnigerode mentioned the custom 
 on All Saints' Day, in his native country, Germany, of 
 putting immortelles on the tombs, and he suggested the 
 beautiful and appropriate idea of choosing a spring 
 day for placing fresh flowers on the graves of Con- 
 federate soldiers, 
 
 Mrs. Barney grasped the idea at once, told many 
 friends of it, and the result was a meeting of the ladies 
 of Richmond at St. Paul's Church, May 3, 1866. The 
 meeting was opened with prayer by Dr. Minnigerode. 
 He implored God to aid us in our sacred movement 
 and holy enterprise. The Ladies' Hollywood Memorial 
 Association was then organized and named, its object 
 being "to collect funds to be applied in enclosing, 
 
arranging, returfing and otherwise placing in order 
 the graves of the Confederate dead interred in Holly- 
 wood Cemetery, so that the tombs of our fallen soldiers 
 may be permanently preserved from oblivion, and their 
 last resting places saved from the slightest appearance 
 of neglect or want of care. 
 
 At a subsequent meeting it was resolved that, "all 
 disposed to co-operate with us will repair, in such 
 groups and at such hours as may be convenient, on 
 Thursday, May 31, 1866, to Hollywood Cemetery to 
 mark, by every appropriate means in our power, our 
 sense of the heroic services and sacrifices of those who 
 were dear to us in life and we honored in death. The 
 call was enthusiastically responded to on this first 
 Memorial Day, and flowers were sent by citizens to 
 Grace Episcopal Church, where they were made into 
 wreaths and taken to Hollywood. 
 
 An address was printed and circulated, as at this 
 time, the Federal authorities, who were in control, 
 would not allow crowds to congregate or an address 
 to be made openly by the people of this city. 
 
 Carrying out the object of the Association a register 
 was taken, giving name, company, regiment and State 
 of the first seven thousand buried from the Richmond 
 hospitals, and printed in 1869. It can be seen on appli- 
 cation at the main entrance of the cemetery. Probably 
 there may be a few errors in the spelling of names or 
 assignment to companies, but the register is accurate as 
 could be made with existing sources of information. 
 The graves were levelled, granite blocks put at the 
 corners of each lettered section. Now in 1896 we 
 
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can appreciate the beauty of this noble work in its 
 maturity. 
 
 This work accomplished, the ladies determined to 
 transfer the Confederate dead from Gettysburg to 
 their grounds in Hollywood. Arrangements were 
 made, and these remains were carefully collected in 
 boxes, and in this manner buried on the green slope 
 north of the Pyramid Monument. "Here lie Con- 
 federate soldiers, 18,000 of them, not in companies 
 only, but in battalions, in regiments and in brigades. 
 Here are the bloody fruits of Williamsburg, Seven 
 Pines, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Cold Harbor, 
 Savage's Station, Frazier's Farm, Malvern Hill, 
 Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, Fort Harrison, Yellow Tav- 
 ern, Drewry's Bluff and many other fields, where Con- 
 federate valor illumined the pages of history." Over 
 1,800 from North Carolina, 1,300 from Georgia, 800 
 from South Carolina, from 5 to 500 from other States, 
 600 from Virginia, nearly 400 among the unknown 
 dead. 
 
 There are about 18,000 buried here now, originally 
 there were 12,000, of whom we have the names of 
 7,000. The soldiers who die at Lee Camp Soldiers' 
 Home are buried here also. 
 
 In speaking of our Confederate dead, our orator 
 at an annual celebration, said eloquently : 'Their 
 bright, gracious figures are instinct with life, hope, 
 and heroic youth, as they sweep athwart the eye of 
 memory, wearing their wounds like stars. And by the 
 light of those stars the women of the South pass on 
 their way." 
 
The ladies early conceived the idea of erecting a 
 monument to the Confederate dead buried in this sec- 
 tion. A bazaar was planned and held in November, 
 1866, and the splendid sum of $18,000 was the result. 
 This amount was supplemented by lectures and con- 
 tributions until it reached $26,000, which was the cost 
 of the Pyramid Monument, which stands in the Sol- 
 diers* Section of Hollywood Cemetery. 
 
 The monument was formally dedicated in 1869. 
 Its dimensions and inscriptions can be seen on another 
 page. 
 
 The capstone was put in place by a convict sailor, 
 who was given his liberty after accomplishing this dar- 
 ing deed. The architect was M. H. Dimmock. 
 
 This work accomplished, and the soldiers' section 
 put in perfect order, the zeal of these devoted women 
 did not languish. In 1893 they held another memorial 
 bazaar, this time to raise funds to establish a Con- 
 federate Museum. Prior to this an organization of 
 gentlemen had laid the cornerstone for a monument 
 to the "Private Soldiers and Sailors." The Associa- 
 tion called on these gentlemen, and all other memorial 
 associations to aid in getting up a bazaar, agreeing to 
 give half the proceeds to the monument fund. 
 
 The bazaar was held in the Armory, at Seventh 
 and Marshall Streets, in 1893, ^^^ lasted four or five 
 weeks. It was a great success, and the ladies gave 
 $15,000 to complete the monument to the Private 
 Soldier and Sailor on the brow of Libby Hill. 
 
 Meanwhile an effort was made to induce the city 
 to present the ladies with the JeflFerson Davis Man- 
 
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sion, the White House of the Confederacy, where 
 President Davis resided with his family during the 
 Confederate war, and where Miss Winnie Davis was 
 born. The object was attained, the remainder of the 
 money reaHzed from the bazaar, amounting to $13,000, 
 was used to restore and make fireproof this building, 
 which was used after the surrender of Richmond by 
 the Federal authorities until the city came into its own 
 again, when it was used as a public school. The build- 
 ing was formally transferred July, 1893, ^^^ opened 
 with interesting and elaborate exercises February 23, 
 1896, followed by a reception under the auspices of the 
 Confederate Memorial and Literary Society, an organi- 
 zation formed from the members of the Hollywood 
 Memorial Association, its object being the collecting 
 of Confederate history and relics in the Davis Man- 
 sion, now known as the Confederate Museum. 
 
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 The Juniors" 
 
 The Association having decided to enlist the boys 
 and girls in the good work, proceeded to organize a 
 Junior Hollywood Memorial Association. A meeting 
 was called at the home of Mrs. P. H. Starke, May 7, 
 1892, at which Mrs. E. D. Hotchkiss presided. Thirty- 
 seven names were enrolled and the organization per- 
 fected, with the following officers : Miss May Greer 
 Baughman, President ; Miss E. Maury Werth, Vice- 
 President ; Miss Norma Stewart Walker, Secretary ; 
 Master W. Douglas Gordon, Treasurer. Mrs. Hotch- 
 kiss was chosen the leader. The enthusiasm of the 
 young people was phenomenal. Before the close of 
 
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the year they had a membership of 290, which later 
 numbered 395. The Juniors assisted in the bazaar of 
 1893, having charge of the Solid South Tent, at which 
 they made $2,102.03. Their next work was the re- 
 moval of the remains of fifty-two Confederate sol- 
 diers from Drewry's Blufif to the Soldiers' Section in 
 Hollywood. The task of decorating the Lee and 
 Howitzer monuments on Memorial Day has been 
 faithfully done by the Juniors, and added to their 
 charge was the Officers' Section, lying in a remote part 
 of the cemetery. It was put in beautiful order, new 
 headstones placed where old ones had fallen. June, 
 1899, the Association met with a heavy loss in the death 
 of the President, Mrs. Norma Stewart Hume. Mrs. 
 N. V. Randolph was then chosen as leader and served 
 until 1 901, when Miss Elizabeth Townes was elected 
 President. The Juniors hold an annual silver tea at 
 Lee Camp Hall, which is well attended and most 
 enjoyable. 
 
 The present officers are Mrs. Alfred S. Cary, Presi- 
 dent ; Mrs. James W. Sharp, Vice-President ; Mrs. 
 W. M. Wade, Recording Secretary ; Miss Annie 
 Jacobs, Corresponding Secretary ; Miss Bessie Hill, 
 Treasurer. A meeting was recently held, at which it 
 was decided to make an effort to gather more young 
 people into the Association and elect officers from 
 among them. The old officers are to hold over for an- 
 other year, with Mrs. W. M. Wade as leader. It was 
 decided also to raise funds this year to outline the 
 Officers' Section with a granite curbing. 
 
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The Philadelphia Monument 
 
 A little over a year preceding the opening of the 
 Davis Mansion, a boulder of Barre granite v^as erected 
 in HoUyv^ood under the auspices of this Association, 
 by the General Dabney H. Maury Chapter of the 
 United Daughters of the Confederacy of Philadelphia, 
 Pa., in memory of tw^o hundred and tv^enty-four 
 knov^n and unknov^n Confederate soldiers from Vir- 
 ginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Ala- 
 bama, who died in northern prisons and are buried in 
 the national cemeteries in Philadelphia. The monu- 
 ment is a boulder of Barre granite, with four sides 
 rock-faced. It bears beautifully bronze tablets, upon 
 one of which is inscribed : 
 
 "Fate Denied Them Victory, But Gave Them 
 
 Immortality^'' 
 
 A bronze relief cast from a full-sized model of 
 three flags, crossed, is shown above the inscription. 
 
 "Furled,, But Not Forgotten'" 
 
 The Hollywood Memorial Association placed on the 
 monument in 1903 the following inscription, which was 
 submitted to the General Dabney H, Maury Chapter 
 and approved : 
 
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Dying in Captivity 
 
 AND 
 
 Denied a Monument in Philadelphia 
 
 Where They Lie Buried 
 
 This Stone is Erected in 
 
 Their Everlasting Honor 
 
 IN the 
 
 Heart of the Confederacy 
 
 The unveiling ceremonies took place on a beautiful 
 fall evening, October 26, 1902. A large number of 
 people came from Philadelphia, accompanied by Mrs. 
 Turner Ashby Blythe, President of the General Dab- 
 ney H. Maury Chapter ; Mrs. James T. Halsey, chair- 
 man of the Monument Committee, and her little daugh- 
 ter, Dabney Maury Halsey, who drew the veil. The 
 exercises were presided over by Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson 
 and eloquent addresses were delivered by Hon. John 
 Cadwalder, Col. A. K. McClure and Hon. James M. 
 Dodge, of Philadelphia, and by General Fitzhugh Lee. 
 Senator John W. Daniel and Hon. Thomas Nelson 
 Page, of Virginia,. Many distinguished men and 
 women, representing patriotic organizations, helped to 
 make up the large crowd which had assembled, and 
 just at dusk the veil was drawn. No matter where 
 they lie. 
 
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"Young April over their lowly mounds, 
 
 Shall shake the violets from her hair, 
 And glorious June with fervid kiss 
 Shall bid the roses blossom there. 
 
 "And all around the mournful bee, 
 
 With drowsy hum shall come and go ; 
 And summer winds, the live long day, 
 Shall murmur dirges sweet and low." 
 
 Whatever historian may have written hitherto over 
 these men for epitaph, posterity shall write the words 
 that were carved above the Spartans who fell at Ther- 
 mopylae, "Go, passers-by, and tell it in Lacedaemon, 
 that we died in obedience to the sacred laws." (Clos- 
 ing words of Thomas Nelson Page.) 
 
 The Otey Battery Monument 
 
 A shaft, rising seventeen feet, of Virginia granite 
 was erected in the Soldier's Section by Otey Battery, 
 C. S. A., to the memory of their fallen comrades, June 
 II, 1887. 
 
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Pickett's Monument 
 
 This monument was erected by the survivors of 
 Pickett's Division in 1888, to the memory of those who 
 had fallen in battle or died from wounds. The divi- 
 sions were the Thirty-eighth Battalion of Artillery, 
 Kemper's Brigade, Armistead's Brigade, Garnett's 
 Brigade and Corse's Brigade. The memorial rises 
 twenty-five feet, and measures nine feet two inches in 
 diameter. It has six columns, ranged in circular 
 temple form, supporting a capital surmounted by an 
 urn. Between are tablets bearing the list of com- 
 manders, regiments and battles. 
 
 Flag Staff Received 
 
 Memorial Day, May 30, 191 2, was made memor- 
 able by the presentation of a flag staff, which had been 
 erected on the hill to the right of the speaker's stand. 
 It was presented by Mrs. David B. Taylor, her daugh- 
 ter and Mr. Edgar D. Taylor in memory of Dr. Wil- 
 liam C. and Mr. David B. Taylor. 
 
 A Confederate battle-flag is furled from the staff 
 every morning. It is the gift of Mrs. Edgar D. Taylor. 
 
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The Hollywood Memorial Association 
 
 Section Placed in Perpetual 
 
 Care 
 
 As a fitting climax to the activities of the Asso- 
 ciation during the past fifty years, the last Memorial 
 Day, May 31, 191 5, witnessed the fulfillment of a long 
 hoped for desire. The General Assembly of Virginia 
 had given the ladies $500.00 annually for several terms 
 to assist in taking care of the Soldiers' Section and 
 paying the salary of a keeper. 
 
 As each succeeding Legislature was composed of 
 many new men who knew nothing of our needs, the 
 appeal had to be renewed every two years, always with 
 the apprehension of refusal. 
 
 This fear and the sad fact that the ranks of those 
 who have toiled so long in this holy work are thinning, 
 and also the feeling that our daughters might forget, 
 strengthened our purpose to make an earnest appeal 
 to the General Assembly of 1914 to give us a sum of 
 money necessary to put the section in perpetual care. 
 
 The first step was taken when a committee from 
 the Association, including the Advisory Board of gen- 
 tlemen, appeared before a joint meeting of the Finance 
 Committee of the Senate and House of Delegates. In 
 
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words as impressive as the great cause demanded the 
 committee asked that the body recommend to the Gen- 
 eral Assembly an appropriation of $8,000 to be used 
 for the purpose of placing the Soldiers' Section in 
 perpetual care, as a monument to the Confederate 
 women of Virginia, 1861-1865. The Finance Com- 
 mittee made the recommendation and the General As- 
 sembly made the appropriation. The Association is 
 gratefully thankful to the noble men who thus honored 
 us in honoring the defenders of Virginia's soil, who 
 died in defence of their country. The State treasurer 
 paid to our treasurer in September, 191 4, $8,000. As 
 soon as the papers could be arranged and signed the 
 full amount was paid to the Hollywood Cemetery 
 Company, which pledged itself to keep the soldiers' 
 Section in perpetual care. 
 
 On Memorial Day, May 31, 191 5 (the 30th falling 
 on Sunday), the exercises were of special historic in- 
 terest. An eloquent address was delivered from the 
 grandstand by Judge George L. Christian, and the exer- 
 cises were presided over by Colonel W. Gordon Mc- 
 Cabe. Following these exercises, amid a scene of rare 
 loveliness, on a perfect day, with every hillside flutter- 
 ing with life, the monument which dedicated the Sol- 
 diers' Section in perpetual care was unveiled. 
 
 And once again that spectacular and incomparable 
 scene is being re-enacted amid the cheers of the multi- 
 tude, when the advance column of the Richmond Blues 
 come marching down Gettysburg Hill, each company 
 with their white plumes nodding and shining in the 
 
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sunlight, followed by the First Virginia Regiment, 
 Virginia Volunteers, with perfect step and military air. 
 
 A path was made by the military, through which, 
 singing as they went, marched the members of Chap- 
 ter No. I Grandchildren of the Confederacy, Auxiliary 
 of the Richmond Chapter, and their invited guests of 
 the other Grandchildren Chapter, dressed in white and 
 red, as an escort to Master J. Taylor Ellyson Crump, 
 who drew the veil. This being accomplished. Rev. 
 James Powell Smith pronounced the benediction. 
 
 The monument stands directly in front of the Pyra- 
 mid. It is of Virginia granite, surmounted by a bronze 
 tablet two feet by three feet, and has this inscription : 
 
 "A Memorial to the Confederate Women of 
 
 Virginia, 1861-1865 
 
 The Legislature of Virginia of 1914 Has, at the 
 
 Solicitation of Ladies' Hollywood Memorial 
 
 Association and United Daughters of 
 
 Confederacy of Virginia, 
 
 Placed in Perpetual Care This Section Where 
 
 Lie Buried Eighteen Thousand 
 
 Confederate Soldiers 
 
 The Richmond Howitzers (Artillery), at the close 
 of the exercises, gave a salute, and thus was brought 
 to a close a day of great rejoicing, as a new new epoch 
 in the history of the Association. 
 
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Hollywood Memorial Association 
 Must Be Perpetual Too 
 
 There yet remains work for the Association. The 
 grounds must be beautiful with shrubs and flowers 
 and Memorial Day must be celebrated through all time. 
 The annual and life membership dues are necessary to 
 its very life. The annual dues are $i.oo, and $10.00 
 constitutes a life member. All who are interested are 
 invited to join. 
 
 Things To Remember 
 
 A memorial service is held by the Association the 
 last Sunday before Memorial Day at one of the Protest- 
 ant churches, alternating the denominations each year. 
 The first service was held at the Second Presbyterian 
 Church and Dr. Moses D. Hoge preached the sermon. 
 The second was held at historic St. Paul's. 
 
 Up to this time all of the addresses that have been 
 made on Memorial Day have been delivered by Con- 
 federate soldiers, it being the custom of the Associa- 
 tion to confine its invitations only to those who were 
 actively engaged in the service of the Confederacy. 
 
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Officers of the Association 
 
 Mrs. J. K. Caskie presided at the first meeting. The 
 Secretary was Mrs. F. W. Dawson. 
 
 The first regular officers elected were: 
 
 President 
 Mrs. Wm. H. Macfarland 
 
 Vice-Presidents 
 Mrs. James K. Caskie 
 Mrs. Wm. N. Bell 
 Mrs. John Purcell 
 Mrs. R. H. Maury 
 Mrs. James Lyons 
 Miss Rebecca Myers 
 Mrs. Charles McGruder 
 
 Treasurer 
 Mrs. Chas. G. Barney 
 
 Corresponding Secretary 
 Mrs. Dr. Bolton 
 
 Recording Secretary 
 Mrs. Wm. Brown 
 
 List of President from 1866 to 1916 
 Mrs, Wm. H. Macfarland 
 Mrs. Lewis N. Webb 
 Mrs. Joseph Bryan 
 Mrs. J. Taylor Ellyson 
 Mrs. Edgar D. Taylor 
 
 Mrs. E. D. Hotchkiss and Mrs. N. V. Randolph were 
 elected to the presidency, but found it impossible to serve. 
 
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The Officers of 1916 
 
 President 
 Mrs. Edgar D. Taylor 
 
 Vice-Presidents 
 First — Mrs. P. J. White 
 Second — Mrs. E. V. Valentine 
 Third — Mrs. James Pace 
 Fourth— Mrs. C. W. P. Brock 
 Fifth — Mrs. George L. Christian 
 Sixth — Mrs. J. Taylor Ellyson 
 Seventh — Mrs. Henry Carter Stuart 
 
 Treasurer 
 Mrs. James D. Crump 
 
 Recording Secretary 
 Miss Fannie E. Munford 
 
 Corresponding Secretary 
 Mrs. B. a. Blenner 
 
 Assistant Corresponding Secretary 
 Mrs. Hugh M. Taylor 
 
 Honorary Vice-Presidents 
 Mrs. W. W. Henry 
 Miss Minnie Baughman 
 
 The wife of the Governor is elected a Vice-President to 
 serve during the term of the office of Governor, v^hich is 
 four years. 
 
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Important Dates 
 
 Hollywood Cemetery formally dedicated with public 
 
 ceremonies June, 25, 1849 
 
 The first headstone was set up by Hon. Oliver P. Bald- 
 win, orator of the dedicatory exercises, in memory 
 
 of his daughter, Anna Louisa September, 1850 
 
 Association organized May 3, 1866 
 
 First Memorial Day May 31, 1866 
 
 First bazaar held by the Association 1866 
 
 Register of burials in Soldiers' Section printed 1869 
 
 Pyramid Monument erected 1869 
 
 Memorial Day changed to May 30th, a national holiday, 1886 
 
 Otey Battery Monument erected .June 11, 1887 
 
 Pickett Monument erected 1888 
 
 Hollywood Soldiers' Section deeded to the Hollywood 
 
 Memorial Association January 19, 1891 
 
 The Junior Hollywood Memorial Association was or- 
 ganized .....May 7, 1892 
 
 Memorial bazaar to raise funds for Private Soldiers' and 
 Sailors' Monument and fireproof and restore Jef- 
 ferson Davis Mansion, held in the Armory, 7th and 
 
 Marshall Sts., four weeks, beginning April 11, 1893 
 
 Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, died in 
 — ^^ew^Aaifor, La., December 6, 1889. After impres- 
 sive funeral services were held his body was in- 
 terred in a vault in Metairie Cemetery, New Or- 
 leans. His remains were transferred to Hollywood 
 Cemetery and buried in the Davis Section, May 31, 1893 
 Jefferson Davis Mansion opened as a Confederate 
 
 Museum February 2.2,, 1896 
 
 Granite Boulder to the Confederate prison dead buried 
 in Philadelphia was erected in the Soldiers' Section 
 in Hollywood by the General Dabney H. Maury 
 
 Chapter, U. D. C, of Philadelphia October 26, 1902 
 
 Mrs. Jefferson Davis died in New York City, October 
 16, 1906; buried in the Davis Section in Holly- 
 wood Cemetery October 19, 1906 
 
 Flag staff presented in memory of Dr. Wm. C. and 
 David B. Taylor, with battle flag given by Mrs. 
 
 Edgar Taylor May 30, 1912 
 
 Bronze tablet, surmounting a granite block, as a memorial 
 to women of Virginia, i86i-'65, in recognition of 
 the act of General Assembly of Virginia, 1914, ap- 
 propriating $8,000 to place the Soldiers' Section in 
 perpetual care. Dedicated, Memorial Day. .May 31, 1915 
 
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List of Distinguished Persons Buried in 
 Hollywood 
 
 In the limited space left we give a few, very few, of the 
 distinguished persons buried in Hollywood Cemetery : 
 
 Jefferson Davis^ only President of the Confederate States. 
 
 James Monroe, President of United States 1817-2^. 
 
 John Tyler, President of United States i84i-'45. 
 
 Matthew Fontaine Maury, Commodore Confederate Navy. 
 
 John Y. Mason, Minister to France. 
 
 James A. Seddon, Confederate Secretary of War. 
 
 John Randolph, of Roanoke. 
 
 Henry A. Wise, Governor of Virginia. 
 
 William Smith (Extra Billy), Second War Governor of 
 
 Virginia. 
 John R. Thompson, Poet and Literateur. 
 J. E. B. Stuart, General Confederate Cavalry. 
 Edward Johnson, Major General Confederate Infantry. 
 A. G. Babcock, of Mosby's Command. 
 R. Lindsay Walker, General Confederate Infantry. 
 John R. Cooke, General Confederate Infantry. 
 William J. Hubard, Sculptor. 
 
 Pegram Brothers : John, General Confederate Infantry. 
 
 Wm. J., Colonel Confederate Artillery. 
 James W., on Ewell's Staff. 
 Rev. Charles D. Minnigerode, Rector of St. Paul's Church, 
 Richmond, during the war, and Pastor of Jefferson 
 Davis and Robert E. Lee. 
 Fitzhugh Lee, General. 
 Eppa Hunton, General. 
 
 The remains of A. P. Hill, General Third Army Corps 
 (Confederate), were removed from Hollywood and placed 
 beneath the monument erected to his memory in 1892, on the 
 Hermitage Road, one-and-a-half miles north of Richmond, 
 on the spot where he was handed his commission as Brigadier- 
 General. 
 
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
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