GETHSEMANE CEMETERY

Gethsemane Cemetery

Little Ferry, New Jersey

United States Colored Civil War Soldiers/Veterans
Submitted by Ann C. Clausen
Pleasantville, New York

NAME	RANK	UNIT	REMARKS
Peter H. Billings	Pvt	Co. H - 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment.	Musician
Silas M. Carpenter	Pvt	Co. F - 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment.

The cemetery has been neglected for many years, but recent efforts of the Bergen County chapter of the NAACP, as well as Bergen County Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs, will soon result in renovated cemetery grounds and a small exhibit on the history of the cemetery and some of the stories of those buried there.

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Posted by: Bennie J. McRae, Jr.
LWF Network
Trotwood, Ohio

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