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Civil War soldiers and veterans are buried in Calvary
Episcopal Churchyard and Old Town Cemetery. Among
the fifty Confederates interred in the churchyard are Gen.
William Dorsey Pender and Lt. Col. John L. Bridgers.
In May 1863, Pender led a brigade at the Battle of
Chancellorsville, “bearing the colors of a regiment in his
own hands up to and over the entrenchments, with the
most distinguished gallantry.” He was mortally wounded
during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. Bridgers,
who died in 1884, commanded the Edgecombe Guards
at the Battle of Big Bethel, Virginia, on June 10, 1861.
Henry Toole Clark of Tarboro, North Carolina’s
governor from July 1861 to September 1862, is also
buried in Calvary Episcopal Churchyard. He readied the
state for war, assembling troops, gathering supplies,
making critical alliances, and defending vital ports from
early Union attacks.
Construction began in 1859 on Calvary Church, one of
the county’s most important landmarks, but stopped
during the war. The church was consecrated in 1868.
Old Town Cemetery, surrounding Howard Memorial
Presbyterian Church, was created as a public burying
ground in 1790. Union soldiers killed at the Daniel’s
Schoolhouse engagement in 1863 were buried there until
their families claimed the remains after the war. The
cemetery also contains marked and unmarked graves of
Confederate soldiers who died here in Confederate
hospitals. The gateway arch on St. David Street honors
them. Of the more than 1,400 Edgecombe County men
who served in the Confederate army, many are buried in
Tarboro (including 40 in Greenwood Cemetery on Howard
Avenue), while others rest in family cemeteries
throughout the county.
Episcopal Churchyard and Old Town Cemetery. Among
the fifty Confederates interred in the churchyard are Gen.
William Dorsey Pender and Lt. Col. John L. Bridgers.
In May 1863, Pender led a brigade at the Battle of
Chancellorsville, “bearing the colors of a regiment in his
own hands up to and over the entrenchments, with the
most distinguished gallantry.” He was mortally wounded
during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. Bridgers,
who died in 1884, commanded the Edgecombe Guards
at the Battle of Big Bethel, Virginia, on June 10, 1861.
Henry Toole Clark of Tarboro, North Carolina’s
governor from July 1861 to September 1862, is also
buried in Calvary Episcopal Churchyard. He readied the
state for war, assembling troops, gathering supplies,
making critical alliances, and defending vital ports from
early Union attacks.
Construction began in 1859 on Calvary Church, one of
the county’s most important landmarks, but stopped
during the war. The church was consecrated in 1868.
Old Town Cemetery, surrounding Howard Memorial
Presbyterian Church, was created as a public burying
ground in 1790. Union soldiers killed at the Daniel’s
Schoolhouse engagement in 1863 were buried there until
their families claimed the remains after the war. The
cemetery also contains marked and unmarked graves of
Confederate soldiers who died here in Confederate
hospitals. The gateway arch on St. David Street honors
them. Of the more than 1,400 Edgecombe County men
who served in the Confederate army, many are buried in
Tarboro (including 40 in Greenwood Cemetery on Howard
Avenue), while others rest in family cemeteries
throughout the county.
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| The Mattie T. Shackleford Memorial Chapel, located in Old Town Cemetary, is dedicated to a nurse who served in World War I. Here are some pictures of the chapel. |
| Calvary Church |
