Fairfax County Cemetery Preservation Association

• Civil War Honor Roll, Dyer_Elisha

  Posted on August 30th, 2011

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  Elisha Dyer

  

  Elisha Dyer
  Born May 24, 1838
  Died August 13, 1919
  Place of Birth: Hunters’ Mill area near Vienna, Virginia
  Place of Death: Herndon, Virginia
  Buried: Chestnut Grove Cemetery, 831 Dranesville Road, Herndon, VA
  How died: unknown
  Military Service: Union Army
  Military Rank: Private
  Battles/engagements: Battle of Cold Harbor, First and Second Battles of the Wilderness
  Elisha Dyer was the son of John Kinsey Dyer [...]

• Civil War Honor Roll, Dyer_Charles Calfus

  Posted on August 30th, 2011

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  Charles Calfus “C. C.” Dyer

  

  Charles Calfus “C. C.” Dyer
  Born December 20, 1841
  Died March 6, 1918
  Place of Birth: Vienna, Virginia
  Place of Death: Vienna, Virginia
  Buried: Andrew Chapel Cemetery, corner of Leesburg Pike and Trap Road, Vienna, VA (C.C. Dyer’s grave is close to Leesburg Pike, as the cemetery abuts St. Athanasius Church.)
  How died: Pyloric cancer
  Military Service: Confederate Army
  Military ranks held: [...]

• Civil War Honor Roll, Mackall_William Whann

  Posted on August 25th, 2011

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  William Whann Mackall

  

  William Whann Mackall
  Born January 18, 1817
  Died August 19, 1891
  Place of birth: Georgetown, Washington, D.C
  Place of death: Langley, Virginia
  Buried: Lewinsville Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  How died: Cause unknown
  Military Service: Confederate Army
  Military ranks held: Lieutenant Colonel, Brigadier General
  Units: Command of Confederate Army at Madrid Bend, Department of the Tennessee, Command of the District of the Gulf, the Department of [...]

• Adams_Charles W, Civil War Honor Roll

  Posted on August 25th, 2011

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  Charles W. Adams

  

  Charles W. Adams
  Born 1825
  Died 1877
  Place of Birth: Fairfax County
  Place of Death: Fairfax County
  Buried: Adams Family Cemetery, located one mile east of
  Hunter Mill Road in the Hunter Mill Forest Subdivision
  How died: Unknown
  Military service: Confederate Army
  Military ranks held: Private
  Units: Co I, 11th Virginia Calvary, 2nd Co F, 5th VA Cavalry,
  Ball’s Fairfax Cavalry
  Battles/engagements: unknown
  Charles W. Adams was born [...]

• Battaile_Meade, Civil War Honor Roll

  Posted on August 24th, 2011

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  Meade Battaile

  

  Meade Battaile
  Born 1841
  Died 1906
  Place of Birth: Culpeper County, Virginia
  Buried: Fairfax City Cemetery
  How Died: Unknown
  Military Service: Confederacy
  Military rank held: Private
  Unit: Company B, 13th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
  Battles/engagements: Sharpsburg/Antietam; Spotsylvania Courthouse; likely other actions during the 13th Virginia Infantry’s service in the Army of Northern Virginia
  Meade Battaile was born in Culpeper County, Virginia in 1841 to Ann (Fitzhugh) [...]

• C, Current Projects

  Posted on August 22nd, 2011

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  Cub Run Memorial Gardens Cemetery

  

  This African American community cemetery is in a secluded area of Centreville, at the end of the graveled Naylor Road. Surveyors found the cemetery to be in current use and well maintained. The families who were buried here were farmers and laborers. In addition, several of those buried here were military veterans; their military service [...]

• Current Projects, Turberville/DeBell Family Cemetery

  Posted on August 22nd, 2011

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  Turberville/DeBell Family Cemetery

  

  The Turberville family’s original holdings date back to a 1727 Northern Neck land grant of over 4,000 acres. The cemetery is located on private property, behind the circa 1797 Turberville home “Leeton” in Chantilly, Virginia. Visitors to the cemetery should acquire permission from the owners in advance.
  In 2011, the surveyor found seventeen granite markers of [...]

• Current Projects, Fairfax City Cemetery

  Posted on August 22nd, 2011

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  Fairfax City Cemetery

  

  In April 2011, FCCPA members toured the cemetery on Main Street in Fairfax, Virginia with long-time city resident Lee Hubbard.
  The cemetery was started in 1866 by the Ladies Memorial Association to honor the Confederates of the Civil War. The Confederate monument’s marker inscription reads:
  “From Fairfax to Appomattox 1861-1865. Erected to the memory of the [...]

• Civil War Honor Roll, Jones_Robert Tyler

  Posted on August 22nd, 2011

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  Robert Tyler Jones

  

  Robert Tyler Jones
  Born January 24, 1843
  Died May 18, 1895
  Place of birth: The White House, Washington, D.C.
  Place of death: Washington, D.C
  Buried: Chestnut Grove Cemetery, 831 Dranesville Road, Herndon, VA
  How Died: unknown
  Military Service: Confederate Army
  Military ranks held: Private, Sergeant, Color Sergeant, Ensign and 1st Lieutenant
  Units: Company K, 53rd Virginia Infantry
  Battles/engagements: 2nd Manassas, Peninsula Campaign, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, [...]

• Civil War Honor Roll, Gunnell_James N

  Posted on August 20th, 2011

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  James N. Gunnell

  

  James N. Gunnell
  Born 1847
  Died June 9, 1921
  Place of birth: Fairfax County, VA
  Place of death: unknown
  Buried: Vale Methodist Church, Oakton, VA
  How died: cause unknown
  Military Service: Confederate Army
  Military ranks held: Private
  Units: Company C, 43rd Virginia Cavalry
  Battles/engagements: Unknown
  Sixteen year old James N. Gunnell enlisted on October 1, 1863 in Fauquier County. Company C was organized on December 7, [...]

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