Woodbine Cemetery - Harrisonburg, VA
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N 38° 26.902 W 078° 51.739
17S E 686544 N 4257728
This cemetery dates to just prior to the Civil War and needed to be expanded after nearby battles.
Waymark Code: WMC5MX
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/28/2011
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During the Civil War, Woodbine Cemetery was Harrisonburg’s principal burial ground. Chartered in March 1850, it opened later that year after the city’s first mayor, Isaac Hardesty, sold 2.5 acres of his property to the cemetery company. The deaths of wounded soldiers treated at Harrisonburg’s general military hospital after it was established in October 1862 prompted city merchant Samuel Shacklett to donate an adjoining acre for a soldiers’ cemetery.
Per Find A Grave website, there are currently 3,251 graves in the cmemtery.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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