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New York State has several thousand of Confederate Veterans buried throughout
the state.
The SCV Buffalo Guard’s
Camp, which is located in Greater Buffalo,
has nearly 50 Confederate Veterans resting throughout our Western New York area.
Other sections of New York State as well, has quite a number of Confederate
Veterans, who have died during the War Between the States, in Northern prisons,
such as: Elmira, Ft. Columbus, etc. There is a Cemetery called Cypress Hills
National Cemetery, in New York City, which holds a great number of Confederate
soldiers, who died in various Federal prisons all around the NY City area.
Other were former Confederate Veterans, which many who sought out work up
north in the big cities or a married a New York girl as decided to live up here,
or a hundred other reasons, including that they were originally born or raised
up here in New York Sate. In some cases, the old Veterans lived in the same area
or communities as other veterans, or gathered in a newly formed organization for
remembrance, called the United Confederate Veterans: Like the General Archibald
Gracie Camp in New York City, which many of the Confederate Veterans are buried
in their own Sections, in selected cemeteries. Such as various cemeteries
throughout NY City and outside of NY City, at a place called, Hastings on the
Hudson, where there is a large Confederate section.
This site will try to keep an updated listing of soldiers by location / area or
by region. If you have any information, or would like to assist in the
Grave Sentry program, please contact us.
Confederates Buried in Buffalo, NY
There are three known Confederate soldiers buried in Buffalo, NY, out of
the 50 known Confederates who are buried throughout the Western New York Area. Forest Lawn cemetery has 3 Confederate Veterans buried here, 1 was
born here, 1 was raised here the other had moved here after the war.
QM Sgt. Samuel HM Hall
Born Dec. 29, 1835. The Hall family lived in Buffalo, NY at
189 Virginia St. Young Sammy Hall attended “Fay’s School” with Adrian Root
-known members of “The Virginia Street Boys’. Boys attending the Fay School
academy were known by this name.
Just before the war he left for Georgia for work, and possibly had kin living in
GA. Resident of Chatham Co., GA, Samuel Hall enlisted May 21,1861 in Capt.
Francis S. Bartow’s company in Savanna, GA - Co. B 8th GA Infantry (as a Nt.).
He stood 5’7” tall, and had gray eyes, dark hair.
On January 1862 he served as the Brigade postmaster. Promoted to QM Sgt and
transferred to Co. S
In his post war days, Samuel, later returned to Buffalo, NY and lived in the
house he was raised in.
He died Oct. 19, 1874 at the age of 38 years 10 months, at his Virginia Street
address, and was buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery, next to one of his Yankee
comrades in section #8, lot 1 7 (in what looks like a large family plot).
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Lt. Edward B. D. Riley
Edward B. Riley was born @1840, son of Bvt. Major General
Bennett Riley (of the Mexican War).
Edward attended and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point New
York. Was appointed a 2nd Lieut., and was sent out west to the California
territory, as an officer in the 4th US Infantry.
When the war broke out in 1861, Lt. Edward Riley resigned his commission on June
13, 1861, and left with Armistead and others from the post in California, for
Texas, and then to Virginia. He served as a staff officer, under Bragg and
Johnston and several others, as part of the Confederate staff.
After the war, Edward returned to Buffalo, and was employed by the Erie Railroad
Company as a Railroad agent. He resided at 146 Elmwood Ave in 1890.
Edward B. D. Ripley died at the age of 78 and died on February 28, 1918, and is
buried next to his father in Lot 1 5, Sect 6, at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Capt. / Asst. Surgeon John Brownlow Coakley
John Brownlow Coakley was born on June 29, 1838 in Stafford
County Virginia. John attended Hampton— Sydney Collage. He was listed as a
Doctor of Medicine, at the Medical Collage of Virginia in 1861, and attended the
Virginia Military Institute.
He was appointed Assistant Surgeon on Nov. 16, was assigned to the Richmond
Hospital, and then was assigned as Asst. surgeon with U. Colonel Charles E.
Lightfoot’s Virginia 53rd Bn. of Lt Artillery. Part of the Artillery Reserves,
II Corps, ANV. At wars end he was paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, where he was
the ranking officer present, he was in command of the Battalion (of 29 men).
In His post war years, he married Sarah in 1875. John B and Sarah B Coakley came
to buffalo in 1880.
He became the president of the Common Council around the turn of the century,
then, president of the Erie County Medical Society. He was a member of the
Board of Councilmen and President of the Buffalo Civil Service Commission.
John Brownlow Coakley died of Lung Disease, after a long illness, on June 4,
1924, at the age of 86 years. He is buried at Fares Lawn Cemetery, in Buffalo,
NY, in Lot 43, Sect 1.
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