Cedar Grove Cemetery is a historic public

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located at

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. It was established by an act of the

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in 1832. The cemetery contains more than 400 graves with monuments dating from the late 1700s to the present. Its memorial markers include small tablets, ledger stones, obelisks, columnar monuments and mausoleums. They include notable examples of

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, and

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funerary art. an
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in 1992.

Notable burials and monuments

Charles E. Cassell Charles Emmett Cassell (April 26, 1838 – August 29, 1916) was a Baltimore, Maryland-based architect. Biography He was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and trained as a naval architect. He received a degree in engineering from the University of Vi ...

(1838–1916) – Architect and a founding member of the Baltimore Chapter of the

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* James Chisholm (1815–1855) –

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who died helping the community through an epidemic of yellow fever, leaving behind a historic draft

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* James W. Cooke (1812–1869) – Naval officer in the

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and the

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, overseer of the construction of the

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ram CSS ''Albemarle'' * Archibald C. Godwin (1831–1864) – Brigadier general in the

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who died at the

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(monument only, buried at

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) *

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- U.S. Navy Master Gunner fought in War of 1812 and wrote ''Marshall's Practical Marine Gunnery'' * William H. Murdaugh – Passed Midshipman, acting master and first officer of the

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to investigate the fate of the lost Franklin Polar Expedition * Charles Francis Nash (died 1942) – a Leading Aircraftman for the

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(the only Commonwealth war grave at the site). *

George Pickett George Edward Pickett (January 16,Military records cited by Eicher, p. 428, and Warner, p. 239, list January 28. The memorial that marks his gravesite in Hollywood Cemetery lists his birthday as January 25. Thclaims to have accessed the baptis ...

(1825–1875) – Major general in the Confederate States Army who led the assault known as

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at the

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(later disinterred and reburied at the Hollywood Cemetery in

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).Selcer, Richard F. ''"Faithfully and Forever Your Soldier": Gen. George E. Pickett, CSA.'' Gettysburg, Pa.:Farnsworth House Military Impressions, 1995, p. 54. * Grace Phillips Pollard (1873–1932) – wife of Virginia Governor

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* John L. Porter (1813–1893) – civilian employee of the U.S. Navy and the Confederate Navy, designer of the ironclad warship, the ''

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References

External links

* * {{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia 1832 establishments in Virginia Greek Revival architecture in Virginia Buildings and structures in Portsmouth, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Portsmouth, Virginia