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Confederate Cemetery Located on Jefferson Landing Road Powhatan, Virginia

Sylvanus H. Maxey Born: October 1847 Died: March 1865 In Defense Of His State and Home

The Regimental History Book of the 1st Regiment Virginia  Reserves list S. H. Maxey in  Co  I. He enlisted on November 25, 1864 at Powhatan Court House.  December 1, 1864, he was in the hospital in Raleigh, NC. He was present for muster on February 28, 1865.  On March 14 to 23, 1865, he was in Chimborazo Hospital No. 4, with cerebral spinal meningitis.

Clean-up started in the summer of 2002 and continues. The first three photos show the cemetery right after the over growth and several trees had been removed.

TAPS "Day is done. Gone the sun. From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky. All is well, safely rest. God is nigh. Fading light Dims the sight And a star gems the sky, gleaning bright From afar, drawing nigh, falls the night. Thanks and praise For our days Neath the sun, neath the stars, neath the sky, As we go, this we know, God is nigh.

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