Lynchburg, Virginia, Phillip Pleasant Whiteley

Old City Cemetery Of Lynchburg, Virginia

Hamilton Historical Records

The Old City Cemetery Of Lynchburg, Virginia hosts several Confederate soldiers whom died in the U.S. Civil War.

Some famous individuals buried at the Old City Cemetery includes Phillip Pleasant Whiteley, a former slave who escaped the state of Virginia to fight for the Union Army.

Photograph of Phillip Pleasant Whiteley.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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