If you haven’t quite figured it out yet, Candice loves history and has a special connection with the Civil War. Because of that, if she’s near where a well-known soldier from the war is buried, she will visit their grave and pay her respects.
Keep track of her progress here.
Any person with a “?” means the photographs are lost somewhere in the house or were visited before she had a computer.
John Brown
Lived: May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859*
*Found guilty of treason against Virginia, first-degree murders and inciting an insurrection among Virginia slaves and was hanged
Known For: Abolitionist, John Brown’s Raid – Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia)
Country: United States of America
Buried: John Brown Farm and Gravesite – Lake Placid, New York
Second Lieutenant Isaac Jeffries Burton*
*Ancestor of Candice’s husband
Lived: November 23, 1823 – July 5, 1900
Unit: 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Country: United States of America
Buried: Cressona Cemetery – Cressona, Pennsylvania
John Caldwell Calhoun
Lived: March 4, 1825 – December 28, 1832
Known For: United States Congressman; staunch supporter of state’s rights and slavery
Country: Confederate States of America
Buried: St. Philip’s Church Cemetery – Charleston, South Carolina
Brevet Major General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Medal of Honor
Lived: September 8, 1828 – February 24, 1914
Commanded: 1st Division, V Corps
Country: United States of America
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery – Brunswick, Maine
Brigadier General James Dearing
Lived: April 25, 1840 – April 22, 1865*
*Killed at the Battle of High Bridge
Commanded: 8th Confederate Cavalry
Country: Confederate States of America
Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery – Lynchburg, Virginia
Major General Abner Doubleday
Lived: June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893
Commanded: I Corps
Country: United States of America
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery – Arlington, Virginia
Private Michael Dougherty
Medal of Honor
Lived: May 10, 1844 – March 19, 1930
Unit: Company B, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Country: United States of America
Buried: Saint Marks Roman Catholic Churchyard – Bristol, Pennsylvania
Major General Jubal Anderson Early
Lived: November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894
Commanded: Second Corps
Country: Confederate States of America
Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery – Lynchburg, Virgina
General of the Army Ulysses S. Grant
Lived: April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885
Commanded: United States Army
Country: United States of America
Buried: Grant’s Tomb – Upper Manhattan, New York
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
Lived: February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886
Commanded: II Corps
Country: United States of America
Buried: Montgomery Cemetery – Norristown, Pennsylvania
Brevet Major General John F. Hartranft
Medal of Honor
Lived: January 21, 1873 – January 21, 1879
Commanded: 3rd Division, IX Corps
Country: United States of America
Buried: Montgomery Cemetery – West Norriton Township, Pennsylvania
Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson
Lived: January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863*
*Died of pneumonia after the Battle of Chancellorsville
Commanded: Second Corps
Country: Confederate States of America
Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery – Lexington, Virginia
Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson’s Left Arm
Lived: January 21, 1824 – May 3, 1863*
*Amputated during the Battle of Chancellorsville
Country: Confederate States of America
Buried: Ellwood Manor – Locust Grove, Virginia
Brigadier General Robert Daniel Johnston
Lived: March 19, 1837 – February 1, 1919
Commanded: Iverson’s Brigade
Country: Confederate States of America
Buried: Winchester National Cemetery – Winchester, Virginia
General Robert Edward Lee
Lived: January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870
Commanded: Army of Northern Virginia
Country: Confederate States of America
Buried: Lee Chapel – Lexington, Virginia
Major General George Brinton McClellan
Lived: December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885
Commanded: Army of the Potomac
Country: United States of America
Buried: Riverview Cemetery – Trenton, New Jersey
Brevet Brigadier General Matthew Robert McClennan
Lived: September 24, 1834 – May 29, 1872
Commanded: U.S. Volunteers
Country: United States of America
Buried: Montgomery Cemetery – West Norriton Township, Pennsylvania
Major General George Gordon Meade
Lived: December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872
Commanded: Army of the Potomac
Country: United States of America
Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brevet Major General St. Clair Augustine Mulholland*
Medal of Honor
*Ancestor of Candice Monhollan-Henry
Lived: April 1, 1839 – February 17, 1910
Commanded: 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Country: United States of America
Buried: Old Cathedral Cemetery – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brigadier General Elisa Franklin Paxton
Lived: March 4, 1828 – May 3, 1863*
*Killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville
Commanded: Stonewall Brigade
Country: Confederate States of America
Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery – Lexington, Virginia
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Swift “Sandie” Pendleton
Lived: September 28, 1840 – September 23, 1864*
*Killed at the Battle of Fisher’s Hill
Unit: Second Corps Staff
Country: Confederate States of America
Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery – Lexington, Virginia
Brigadier General William Nelson Pendleton
Lived: December 26, 1809 – January 15, 1883
Commanded: Army of Northern Virginia Artillery
Country: Confederate States of America
Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery – Lexington, Virginia
Brevet Major General Uriah Galusha Pennypacker
Medal of Honor
Lived: June 1, 1844 – October 1, 1916
Commanded: 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, X Corps
Country: United States of America
Buried: Philadelphia National Cemetery – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Major General John Fulton Reynolds
Lived: September 20, 1820 – July 1, 1863*
*Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg
Commanded: I Corps
Country: United States of America
Buried: Lancaster Cemetery – Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lieutenant Colonel Scott Shipp
Lived: August 2, 1839 – December 4, 1917
Commanded: Virginia Military Institute Cadet Battalion
Country: Confederate States of America
Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery – Lexington, Virginia
Brigadier General Adam Jacoby Slemmer
Lived: January 24, 1828 – October 7, 1868
Commanded: U.S. Volunteers
Country: United States of America
Buried: Montgomery Cemetery – West Norriton Township, Pennsylvania
Thaddeus Stevens
Lived: April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868
Known For: United States House of Representatives (Pennsylvania)
Country: United States of America
Buried: Shreiner-Concord Cemetery – Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Brevet Major General Samuel K. Zook
Lived: March 27, 1821 – July 3, 1863*
*Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg
Commanded: Zook’s Brigade, 1st Division, II Corps
Country: United States of America
Buried: Montgomery Cemetery – West Norriton Township, Pennsylvania
Candice Monhollan-Henry's "The Queen of Dekes" 