ROBERT SMALLS CEMETERY MEMORIAL MARKER
BORN A SLAVE IN 1839, ROBERT SMALLS LIVED TO SERVE AS A CONGRESMAN OF THE UNITED STATES. IN 1862 HE COMMANDEERED AND DELIVERED TO UNION FORCES THE CONFEDERATE GUNBOAT PLANTER, ON WHICH HE WAS A CREWMAN. HE DIED IN 1915 AND IS BURIED HERE.
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Listing Details
- AccessCemetery
- Wars CommemoratedCIVIL WAR
- Type of MemorialWar Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
- Location911 CRAVEN STREET
- City
- State
- Zip Code29902
- Photograph ByMIKE STROUD
- Submitted ByCOURTESY OF HMdb.org
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