Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery

The Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, formerly known as the Presbyterian Cemetery, is located on South Main Street in downtown Lexington, Virginia, less than a mile from the campus of the Virginia Military Institute. The cemetery was named after Stonewall Jackson, who was buried here in 1863.[1] Also buried here are 144 Confederate veterans, two Governors of Virginia, and Margaret Junkin Preston, the "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy".[2]

Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
Gravesite of General Jackson and his family
Details
Location
314 S. Main St., Lexington, Virginia 24450
CountryUnited States of America
WebsiteInformation at Lexington Visitor's Center
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Name

The cemetery was formerly known as the Presbyterian Cemetery.[3] After the Lexington Presbyterian Church conveyed the cemetery to the city in 1949, the cemetery was renamed later that year for legendary Confederate general Stonewall Jackson, who was interred here after his death on May 10, 1863.[1] The Lexington City Council unanimously voted to rename the cemetery in 2020 following the George Floyd protests.[1]

Notable burials

Jackson and his family

The plot of Jackson and his family received a sculpture of Jackson in 1895, created by sculptor Edward V. Valentine.[4] The plot includes graves of:

  • Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824–1863): VMI instructor, Confederate Army lieutenant general, commander of Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • Elinor Junkin Jackson (1825–1854): Jackson's first wife, died in childbirth; buried with their stillborn son
  • Mary Anna Morrison Jackson (1831–1915): Jackson's second wife
  • Thomas and Anna Morrison Jackson's two daughters:
    • Mary Graham Jackson (February 28 – May 25, 1858)
    • Julia Laura Jackson Christian (1862–1889) and her husband William Edmund Christian (1856–1936)
  • Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian (1888–1952): William and Julia Christian's second child, U.S. Army brigadier general during World War II

Others

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References

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