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  • Source: Cedar Grove Cemetery (New London, Connecticut)

    • The Cedar Grove Cemetery is a non-sectarian rural cemetery in New London, Connecticut. It was established in 1851 on 39 acres and designed by Dr. Horatio Stone. The cemetery is located at the intersection of Broad Street and Jefferson Avenue. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.


    Points of interest


    As New London developed in the late 19th century, remains from earlier cemeteries in the city were relocated to the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
    The cemetery features the Comrades Monument, which was erected c. 1900 by the Grand Army of the Republic to honor Civil War veterans buried in the cemetery. The monument is about 23 feet tall and features a life-sized figure of a Civil War soldier on top of a pedestal.
    The cemetery has been a place of burial for leading citizens of New London. It is the resting place for a governor of Connecticut, two United States senators, ten members of Congress, a member of the Continental Congress and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.


    Notable interments


    Nathan Belcher, US Representative
    Augustus Brandegee, US Representative
    Frank Bosworth Brandegee, US Senator
    Henry Burbeck, Brigadier General in the War of 1812
    Joshua Coit, US Representative
    Thomas H. Cushing, Brigadier General in the War of 1812
    Harry Daghlian, Manhattan Project physicist killed by the Demon core
    Nicoll Fosdick, US Representative
    Richard P. Freeman, US Representative
    Lyman Law, US Representative
    Richard Law, member of the Continental Congress
    Amasa Learned, preacher, lawyer, and politician
    Gustavus W. Smith, Major General in the Confederate States Army
    Benjamin Stark, US Senator
    Griffin Alexander Stedman, Union Army Colonel in the American Civil War
    Thomas M. Waller, Governor
    George C. Williams, Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor
    Thomas Wheeler Williams, US Representative


    References




    External links


    Cedar Grove Cemetery at Find a Grave
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cedar Grove Cemetery

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