7th Member Buried in York County, NC

[Diane Merkel]

From the Charlotte Observer on Sunday, October 23:

Up from the grave they arise
History's notably deceased will speak through re-enactors at cemetery
DAN HUNTLEY
Staff Writer

The dead will speak at York's Rose Hill Cemetery.

Historical re-enactors will represent a dozen deceased denizens of one of York County's oldest cemeteries on a tour, "Stories of the Stone," on Saturday.

"To learn about this community, you need to know the stories of some of the people who are buried at Rose Hill," said Jan Ramsey, former president of the Yorkville Historical Society. "It represents a broad cross section of the last 175 years."

The dead include eight Yankee soldiers from Union forces stationed in York following the Civil War to maintain order during Reconstruction and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. It's the final resting place to a member of the 7th Cavalry who fought at the Battle of the Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee and who died with Gen. George Custer. (Emphasis added.)

Despite the obvious errors, does anyone know which member of the 7th Cavalry is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in York County, North Carolina?

[El Crab]

Capt. George Wallace

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Copy and paste in address bar, replace the hxxp:// with http:// since their links are stupid.

Didn't have to look very far for info on who was born in York County, South Carolina.

www.lbha.org/Cavalry/NameW.htm

Wallace, George Daniel
June 29, 1849, York County, South Carolina
Unknown
June 14, 1872
Second Lieutenant, G Company
Commanded G Company; in valley and hilltop fights
December 29, 1890, Wounded Knee, South Dakota
Unknown

[markland]

Capt. Wallace isn't York county, S.C.'s only participant in the Indian Wars who was unable to receive a discharge. A member of company "H", 11th KS Cavalry who died with Sgt. Custard at the battle of "Red Buttes" on July 26, 1865 was also from that county. Per J.W. Vaughn's The Battle of Platte Bridge, Pvt. John Horton had been born in York county, SC, but had emigrated to Leavenworth county, Kansas from where he enlisted in August, 1862.

I just fortuitously happened to find that book at the local library Monday night before anyone thinks that I walk around with that amount of trivia floating around in the head.

Best of wishes,

Billy

[Diane Merkel]

Thanks, Crab! I did run a search but assumed (I know what that means) that it was York County, NORTH Carolina since Charlotte is North. No wonder I didn't come up with anything.

Now I can replace the "unknown" with his burial place. Slowly but surely, I would like to find all of the graves and/or memorial markers.

[markland]

Did you want only 7 Cav. LBHA related markers/memorials? If not, I can begin sending you some from their early days.

And from the "Washita" thread, I remembered Benteen's daughter after I had gotten into the truck and begun to defrost my toes so I have saved that photo-opp for another time.

Billy

[Diane Merkel]

Billy,

For now I am only concerned with those who were with the 7th at the time of LBH, but it's nice to know that you can help with the earlier ones if I decide to broaden the scope of this website.

Thanks,
Diane

[jdmackintosh]

Wish I had caught this thread when it was fresh as York County, South Carolina is where I was born and raised. Yes, Wallace was born there as well and buried in Rose Hill, hence my strong interest in him that lead to the book.

As for members of the 7th buried there, there are three in the Rose Hill Cemetery--George Whittemore, Adolphus Cash, and Samuel Brown, all enlisted men. Whittemore served at the Washita and died of disease in Yorkville while serving in L Troop. The other Reconstruction soldiers buried there are from the 18th Infantry. It's interesting to note that the famed head of scouts that discovered the dead Custer, Lt. James H. Bradley, served briefly in Yorkville with the 18th just prior to his transfer to the 7th Infantry. All this is being and more is being written up right now for an article for the RESEARCH REVIEW that I hope they will have in there early next year.