Grave Markers of two of my great grandfathers
All over Virginia, behind country churches and in family
graveyards, there are markers like these. Here are the weathered headstones of two
of my great grandfathers. At the top of each headstone is a circle containing
the Cross of Honor, which is a German Cross with a Holly wreath inside.
Both Pictures by Author
Left: John D Stepp Company A 20th Battalion
Virginia Heavy Artillery CSA This marker is at a country church in Campbell
County, Virginia.
Right: Benjamin F Waller Company H 3rd Virginia
Cavalry CSA. This marker is in a home cemetery in Halifax County, VA.
These great grandfathers were in the march west, towards
Appomattox, when Lee retreated from Richmond at the end of the war.