Self Guided Tour of Veterans’ Graves St. Luke’s Episcopal Churchyard 4362 Lafayette Street, Marianna, Florida Section ~ A Located in front of the church on the east side of the front sidewalk. Buried here: Capt. Jesse Robinson ~Served in the War of 1812. He was captain of Jesse Robinson’s Co., 2nd Regiment of U.S. Army Artillery. Served heroically on the Niagara frontier. (b. June 7, 1789 d. Jan. 27, 1854) Dr. William S. Wilson ~ Capt. in Norwood’s Home Guard (born about 1822.)

Section ~ B Located on the west side of the front sidewalk. Buried here: William D. Barnes ~ Lt. Col. First Regiment Florida Reserves (b. Aug. 27, 1830 d. 1909) Charles W. Davis ~ 1st Lt. Co B 15th Confederate Cavalry (b. 1834, d. Apr. 17 1891) John Davis, Sr. ~ Commander Jackson Guard/ Norwood Home Guard (b. 1801 d.1875) Leonard R. Jenings ~Served in WW I (b. 1878 d. 1973) James Colin MacKinnon, III ~ Cdr. U.S. Navy. (b. Sept. 25, 1927 d. Dec. 11, 2007) Joseph B. G. Roulhac ~ 1st Lt. Co. B 15th Confederate Cavalry (b.1825 d. June 5, 1865) C.B. West~ C.S.A.

Section ~ C Located north of the walk between the church & the education building. Buried here: James Baker Dickson ~ Pvt. Capt. Johnson’s Home Guard (b. Jan. 28,1850 d. 1927) Wesley Hampton DuBose ~ Capt. Co. E 8th Florida Infantry (b. May 1835 d. Jan. 1881) John Myrick Gorrie ~ Ensign, Field & Staff 11th FL Infantry (b. abt. 1838 d. 1871) Dr. Julius Thomas Holden ~ Surgeon Field & Staff 6th FL Regiment (b. 1834 d. 1922) Stephen G. Kincey ~ 1st Sgt. Co. K 6th Infantry Regiment (b. 1838 d. 1862) Littleton Myrick ~ Pvt. Co B 15th Confederate Cavalry (b.12-2-1843 d. 9-27-1864) Frank Phillips ~ Adj. Field & Staff 6th Bn FL Cavalry (b. July 15, 1843 d. Sept. 29, 1901) John J. Pitman ~ Pvt. Co. E 8th FL Infantry Regiment (b. Jan. 1843 d. Aug. 30, 1862) Charles A. White ~ Pvt. Co. B 15th Confederate Cavalry (b. abt. 1845 - ) Joseph M. White, Jr. ~ Capt. Co. B 6th FL Infantry Regiment (b. 1837 d. Dec. 4, 1867) Thomas M. White ~ Pvt. Co. B 15th Confederate Cavalry (b. abt.1842 d. ) Isaac J. Williams ~ Florida Home Guard (b. abt. 1822 d. )

Section ~ D Located north of the walk between MacKinnon Hall & inlaid crosses walk. Henry O. Bassett ~ Capt. Co. E 6th FL Infantry Regt. (b. abt. 1825 d. Sept. 27, 1864) Seaborn A. Calhoun ~ Capt. Milton’s Co. G 2nd FL Cavalry Regt. (b. abt. 1830 d. ) Robert Linwood Daffin ~ CWO U.S. Marines WW II (b. Feb.10, 1911 d. Nov. 1, 1954) John Calvin Holley ~ Served in WW II and Korea. (b. May 9, 1918 d. Sept. 14, 2004) James E. Moore ~Served in WW II. Warrant Officer U.S. Navy (8-24-1912 to 3-16-1968) John F. Edward McKay ~ Sgt. Co. A 5th Bn FL Cavalry (b. Nov. 1837 d. Sept. 17, 1873) William W. McKay ~ Pvt. Co. K 46th Infantry (b. May 28, 1840 d. ) Thaddeus Hentz Smith ~ Lt. U.S. Army Fleury-Sur-Aire, France (b. 1891 d. 1918)

Section ~ E Located north of church, east of the cross inlaid walk & west of Wynn St. Buried here: Benjamin F. Alderman ~ Pvt. Co. B 15th Confederate Cavalry (b. Dec. 8, 1844 d. ) Sidney S. Alderman ~ Pvt. Co. E 2nd Battalion Florida Infantry (b. 1835 d. 1922) Beverly Baker ~ 1st Sgt. Co. B 15th Confederate Cavalry (b. 1835 d. Dec. 9, 1895) Jack Baker ~ Pvt. 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry (b.1841 d. 1871) James S. Baker ~ Pvt. Robinson’s Greenwood Club Cavalry (b. abt. 1836 d. Dec. 1893) George A. Baltzell ~ 2nd Trumpeter Co. B 15th Confederate Cavalry (b.1845 d. 1903) Dr. Jabe A. Breland ~Served in WW II (b. Dec. 1, 1924 d. Apr. 12, 2001) William M. Blackshear ~Served in WW I (b. 1888- d.1951) Dr. Angus F. Blunt ~ 1st Lieutenant of Norwood’s Marianna Militia (b.1816 d. 1869) Allen Henry Bush ~ Pvt. Capt. Norwood’s Home Guard Co. (b. abt. 1809 d. Sept. 1878) John H. Callaway ~ 3rd Sgt. Co. B 15th Confederate Cavalry (b. Feb. 5, 1843 d. 1924) John C. Carter ~ Pvt. Co. E 6th FL Infantry (b. d. Sept. 27, 1864) Arthur Graham Dozier ~ Fought in Europe during WWII (b. 1910 d. 1967) William Lamar Gammon, Jr. ~ (b. Dec. 5, 1921 d. Sept. 11, 1995) Moses Guyton ~ Pvt. Co. A 5th Regiment Georgia Reserves (b. 1836 d. Apr. 2, 1911) Douglas H. Herrin ~2nd Lt. U.S. Marine Corps in WW II (b. 1921 d. 1945) Dr. Thaddeus William H. Hentz ~ Capt. Norwood’s Home Guard Co. (b.1830 d.1878) Alexander Merritt ~ Capt. Norwood’s Home Guard Co. (b. 1831 d. Aug. 8, 1906) General Homer V. Milton ~ Distinguished himself in several engagements with the British as an officer in the regular Army during the War of 1812 (b. 1781 d. 27 Ap.1822) Homer Virgil Milton ~Comd. U.S. Navy WWII (b. July 31, 1904 d. Oct. 11, 1974) Governor John Milton ~ Commander of Florida State Troops (b. 1807 d. Apr. 1, 1865) John Milton ~ Pvt. Capt. Johnson’s Co. State Militia (b. Dec. 25, 1850 d. May 22, 1922) William Hall Milton IV (Hal) ~ Lt. Col. U.S. Air Force (b. 1957 d. 1998) William Henry Milton ~ Maj. Field & Staff 5th Bn FL Cavalry (Dec. 1829 d. Aug. 6, 1900) Robert J. Pitman ~ 2nd Lt. Co. B 15th Confederate Cavalry (b.1840 d. Oct. 21, 1880) Joseph Washington Russ ~ C.S.A. (b. July 1, 1813 d. June 21, 1883) Richard Lawrence Smith ~ Capt. Marianna Dragoons Co. B 15th Conf. Cav. (b.1817 d. ) Richard B. Watson ~ Cpl. U.S. Marine Corps. Korea (b.29 March 1935 d. 9 April 1988) Cobert Baker Wynns ~ Pvt. Co. B 15th Confederate Cavalry (b. 1843 d. May 12, 1899)

Columbarium: Elizabeth Walts Breyfogle ~Served in U.S. Navy in WW II (b. 1923 d. 2001) Millard Hugh Breyfogle ~Served in U.S. Air Force in WW II (b. 1922 d. Aug. 5, 2005) Jules Eckhart Gerding ~Lt. in U.S. Army. Served in Korea. Received Silver Star. (b.1928 d. 2004) Giles Wayne Hart ~Served in WW II (b. 1928 d.1997) George John Hutton, Jr. ~Served in U.S. Navy in WW II (b. 1925 d. 2010) Donald D. Moore ~ Served in U.S. Army in Canal Zone,1953-1955. Received National Defense Service Medal. (b. 1933 d. 2010)

Died in the Battle of Marianna on September 27, 1864 Francis “Frank” Allen ~ This Greenwood Baptist Deacon was 76 years old and the oldest Confederate killed in the battle. He was burned beyond recognition in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. He is buried at Greenwood First Baptist Church Cemetery - not in St. Luke’s Churchyard.

Woodbury Nickels ~ “Woody” was 16 years old and the youngest Confederate killed. He was shot as he ran out of the burning church. He is said to have fallen on the steps and eventually succumbed to the heat from the fire as he clung to Captain Jesse Robinson’s monument in front of the church. He was buried on September 27, 1864, probably in St. Luke’s Churchyard. (No known marker.)

John C. Carter ~ John was burned to death inside St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. He is buried in St. Luke’s Churchyard. You may see the new marker procured for him by the SCV in 2011 in section E of the churchyard.

Littleton Myrick ~ Was two months shy of his 21st birthday when he was burned beyond recognition in St. Luke’s Church on Sept. 27, 1864. He is buried in Section C of the churchyard, on the west side of the walk with inlaid crosses near the north church door.

Dr. M.A. Butler ~ Joined the fight with the schoolboys from Greenwood Academy. He was the only Confederate killed in St. Luke’s Churchyard after the surrender of Norwood’s men. He is buried at Greenwood First Baptist Church Cemetery.

Henry O. Bassett ~ This 39 -year-old, former sheriff of Jackson County, was home on leave from his regular unit so was serving with Norwood’s Home Guard when he was clubbed and so “horribly mutilated” with bayonet wounds as to be identified only by the linen coat and officer’s pants he had been wearing before he retreated with other Confederates down the hill to Stage Creek on the south side of Lafayette Street. His headstone may be seen in Section D of the churchyard near MacKinnon Hall. While originally interred here, his remains were later moved by relatives to Cowpen Pond Cemetery in eastern Jackson County.

Wounded in the Battle&Died Soon After James H. Brett ~ Fifty-two, of Norwood’s Company. The town constable and a Mexican War veteran, he was clubbed to the head with a musket butt and had the muscle shot away from his left forearm. He died a day or two after the battle at his home on North Jefferson Street. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery.

M. N. Dickson ~ He was in Marianna from his home in Gadsden County because it was “court day.” He volunteered to fight with Norwood’s men and died later in the day. His relatives came to Marianna in a wagon to retrieve his body. Place of burial unknown.

Arthur Lewis (Sr.) ~ Fifty-eight, one of Norwood’s men, died on September 29, 1864. He is buried at Riverside Cemetery.

Solomon Sullivan ~ Fifty- four, He was shot in the elbow during the fighting in St. Luke’s Churchyard and died at the home of Mrs. Lawrence Armistead in October 1864. He may be buried at the Greenwood Methodist Church Cemetery.

Graves of Special Interest Caroline F. Myrick Gorrie ~Wife of Dr. John Gorrie, refrigeration inventor (1805-1864) Caroline Myrick Gorrie is buried in section C. Caroline Lee Hentz ~Author (1800-1856) Caroline is buried in section E. William Hall Milton ~Florida legislator and Senator (b. Mar. 2, 1864 d. Jan.4,1942) Buried in section E.