3 Men - 3 Wars LbNA #52737
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Mar 26, 2010 |
| Location: | |
| City: | New London |
| County: | New London |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 3 |
| Planted by: | Maire's Facets  |
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| Found by: | L-Unit (3) |
| Last found: | Jul 19, 2023 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Mar 26, 2010 |
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Broad St and Jefferson
New London, CT
3 boxes, no ink, one logbook in last box.
I have lived in Connecticut for 23 years and only discovered this amazing cemetery last year, even though I have driven by it probably 1,000 times. If you know anything about me, you know I love history and I love cemeteries. This is a very large, beautiful cemetery with many, many handsomely carved stones and family plots. As you walk through, take the time to check out some of these sites. There are multiple past governors, state and US senators and representatives buried here. This cemetery is still active and very well maintained. Please be discrete as workers and many using the roads as a short-cut, are frequently about.
Park on Broad street, outside the cemetery gates. Walk through the gates and turn right, past the cemetery office and under the tall trees lining the road. Follow this road all the way up and around to the left. Watch left and check out the tightly relocated headstones, that were transferred here from another site, many years ago. Continue south and observe to the north, the beautiful, intricately carved Turners' Celtic cross and further on, the lonely praying lady "tied to a tool". Walk along this upper paved road past the enormous multi-branched tree "eating a tombstone" on your left. Watch to the right for an insignificant stone for Gustav W. Smith.
Maj. General G.W.Smith, 11-30-1821 - 6-24-1896
Born in Kentucky and graduate 8th in a class of 56 from West Point, he was commissioned a Lt. and served in the Mexican-American War and later was promoted to Maj General and took command of the Army of N. Virginia in the Civil War. This was a short appointment, as he suffered a nervous breakdown and was replaced with Gen. Robert E. Lee by Confederate Pres. Jefferson Davis. He went onto command the defenses of Richmond and also became the Confederate Secretary of War in 1862. After the war, he was paroled in Georgia and became an iron manufacturer in Tennessee. He then moved to New York and became the Insurance Commissioner and a writer of several Mexican-American and Civil war books. He is the only Confederate General buried in Connecticut, here in the plot that belonged to his wife's family.
Box #1, from this tomb look 130 degrees to a green, neatly trimmed, multi-trunk evergreen tree approx 50 yards away. Walk to this tree and note the short stone kissing the tree. Look into the tree at shoulder height above this stone for your prize. Please re-hide well.
From here, proceed west to the paved road and then south past the Youngs on the curve. Stop at the multi "cross and IHS" site and take the road directly across and south. Proceed south past the Joseph Lawrence "estate", then right and to the left at the Billings stone. CHECK THIS OUT - spot the Hebron/Wolcott "Rock" surrounded by the carved tree, chain linked fence. This is so cool! From here, walk 63 paces east to the very tall, odd shaped Elisha Hinman tomb.
Elisha Hinman 3-9-1734 - 8-29-1807
Revolutionary War Veteran, Elisha Hinman was a one of the first American Naval Officers. He, along with John Paul Jones and 22 others, were in the first group of men to be commissioned as Captains in the newly formed United States Navy.
Box #2: From the Hinman tomb, walk south to the paved road and counter clock wise around the pond, past the stone bench. You can rest and eat a snack here, then proceed around to the left and STOP...look left to the rock ledges and spy an almond colored stone at the bottom ledge. Under this stone is #2. Again, please cover well with the rock and some leaves.
Box #3: Our 3rd soldier, WWI Veteran, Colonel William Hayward. Follow the road up past M.K. Cady to Bacon then right toward Manwaring. Turn left and continue past Parmelee. As you walk along, watch left and spy the very tall monument at the rotary. Walk to Harris, at the rotary, then 1/2 way around spot Capt. Lester on your right. Look just beyond the Captain to a tall green shrub. In the base of this shrub lies your last box and log book. Again, be sure to re-hide so it does not show.
After logging in, return to the rotary and follow left to a multi-crossroad. To find Colonel Hayward and the way to your car, follow the road that is right of Klinck until you come to a T in the road. Spot the pink mausoleum to your left, where Col. Hayward is interred.
Colonel Hayward 4-24-1869 - 10-13-1944
William Hayward was a white lawyer and politician originally from Nebraska. He was the commander of the legendary African-American 369th Infantry Regiment of WWI. Because of his political connections, Col. Hayward was able to bring these soldiers, slated for mundane chores, to national prominence and honor, by bringing them to the French front lines, to fight bravely and honorably. They spent 191 days on the front, longer than any other American unit and never gave up any ground or men to capture. 171 of his men were awarded the Croix de Guerres. Col Hayward was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and the French Legion of Honor. The 369th Regiments success can be traced to the mutual respect Col. Hayward had for his men and they for him.
From this point, continue north toward the gate. Please check out the Civil War Memorial and the soldiers buried around it, on the right, before the gate. I hope you enjoyed this series.
Broad St and Jefferson
New London, CT
3 boxes, no ink, one logbook in last box.
I have lived in Connecticut for 23 years and only discovered this amazing cemetery last year, even though I have driven by it probably 1,000 times. If you know anything about me, you know I love history and I love cemeteries. This is a very large, beautiful cemetery with many, many handsomely carved stones and family plots. As you walk through, take the time to check out some of these sites. There are multiple past governors, state and US senators and representatives buried here. This cemetery is still active and very well maintained. Please be discrete as workers and many using the roads as a short-cut, are frequently about.
Park on Broad street, outside the cemetery gates. Walk through the gates and turn right, past the cemetery office and under the tall trees lining the road. Follow this road all the way up and around to the left. Watch left and check out the tightly relocated headstones, that were transferred here from another site, many years ago. Continue south and observe to the north, the beautiful, intricately carved Turners' Celtic cross and further on, the lonely praying lady "tied to a tool". Walk along this upper paved road past the enormous multi-branched tree "eating a tombstone" on your left. Watch to the right for an insignificant stone for Gustav W. Smith.
Maj. General G.W.Smith, 11-30-1821 - 6-24-1896
Born in Kentucky and graduate 8th in a class of 56 from West Point, he was commissioned a Lt. and served in the Mexican-American War and later was promoted to Maj General and took command of the Army of N. Virginia in the Civil War. This was a short appointment, as he suffered a nervous breakdown and was replaced with Gen. Robert E. Lee by Confederate Pres. Jefferson Davis. He went onto command the defenses of Richmond and also became the Confederate Secretary of War in 1862. After the war, he was paroled in Georgia and became an iron manufacturer in Tennessee. He then moved to New York and became the Insurance Commissioner and a writer of several Mexican-American and Civil war books. He is the only Confederate General buried in Connecticut, here in the plot that belonged to his wife's family.
Box #1, from this tomb look 130 degrees to a green, neatly trimmed, multi-trunk evergreen tree approx 50 yards away. Walk to this tree and note the short stone kissing the tree. Look into the tree at shoulder height above this stone for your prize. Please re-hide well.
From here, proceed west to the paved road and then south past the Youngs on the curve. Stop at the multi "cross and IHS" site and take the road directly across and south. Proceed south past the Joseph Lawrence "estate", then right and to the left at the Billings stone. CHECK THIS OUT - spot the Hebron/Wolcott "Rock" surrounded by the carved tree, chain linked fence. This is so cool! From here, walk 63 paces east to the very tall, odd shaped Elisha Hinman tomb.
Elisha Hinman 3-9-1734 - 8-29-1807
Revolutionary War Veteran, Elisha Hinman was a one of the first American Naval Officers. He, along with John Paul Jones and 22 others, were in the first group of men to be commissioned as Captains in the newly formed United States Navy.
Box #2: From the Hinman tomb, walk south to the paved road and counter clock wise around the pond, past the stone bench. You can rest and eat a snack here, then proceed around to the left and STOP...look left to the rock ledges and spy an almond colored stone at the bottom ledge. Under this stone is #2. Again, please cover well with the rock and some leaves.
Box #3: Our 3rd soldier, WWI Veteran, Colonel William Hayward. Follow the road up past M.K. Cady to Bacon then right toward Manwaring. Turn left and continue past Parmelee. As you walk along, watch left and spy the very tall monument at the rotary. Walk to Harris, at the rotary, then 1/2 way around spot Capt. Lester on your right. Look just beyond the Captain to a tall green shrub. In the base of this shrub lies your last box and log book. Again, be sure to re-hide so it does not show.
After logging in, return to the rotary and follow left to a multi-crossroad. To find Colonel Hayward and the way to your car, follow the road that is right of Klinck until you come to a T in the road. Spot the pink mausoleum to your left, where Col. Hayward is interred.
Colonel Hayward 4-24-1869 - 10-13-1944
William Hayward was a white lawyer and politician originally from Nebraska. He was the commander of the legendary African-American 369th Infantry Regiment of WWI. Because of his political connections, Col. Hayward was able to bring these soldiers, slated for mundane chores, to national prominence and honor, by bringing them to the French front lines, to fight bravely and honorably. They spent 191 days on the front, longer than any other American unit and never gave up any ground or men to capture. 171 of his men were awarded the Croix de Guerres. Col Hayward was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and the French Legion of Honor. The 369th Regiments success can be traced to the mutual respect Col. Hayward had for his men and they for him.
From this point, continue north toward the gate. Please check out the Civil War Memorial and the soldiers buried around it, on the right, before the gate. I hope you enjoyed this series.