List of burials at Hollywood Cemetery

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Hollywood Cemetery is a historic garden or rural cemetery established in 1847 in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. The 135-acre cemetery [1] contains many notable burials including 2 U.S. Presidents, the President of the Confederate States of America [2] and 25 Confederate Army officers. [3]

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C.S.A. General Joseph R. Anderson General Joseph Reid Anderson.jpg
C.S.A. General Joseph R. Anderson

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James Branch Cabell was a writer of satirical fantasy including Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice Jbcabell.jpg
James Branch Cabell was a writer of satirical fantasy including Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice

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President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis was initially interred at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans and reinterred to Hollywood Cemetery in 1893 President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg
President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis was initially interred at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans and reinterred to Hollywood Cemetery in 1893

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J. Vaughan Gary served as a U.S. Congressman for Virginia from 1945 to 1965 J Vaughan Gary.jpg
J. Vaughan Gary served as a U.S. Congressman for Virginia from 1945 to 1965

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John Harvie was one of five Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress to sign the Articles of Confederation John Harvie.jpg
John Harvie was one of five Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress to sign the Articles of Confederation

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Fitzhugh Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and the governor of Virginia from 1886 to 1890 Fitzhugh Lee cph.3b04429.jpg
Fitzhugh Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and the governor of Virginia from 1886 to 1890

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Fifth President of the United States, James Monroe James Monroe White House portrait 1819.jpg
Fifth President of the United States, James Monroe

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Confederate Army major general George Pickett Gen. George E. Pickett, C.S.A.jpg
Confederate Army major general George Pickett

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Confederate Secretary of War, James A. Seddon Seddon, James A., Secretary of War, half-length, seated - NARA - 530492.jpg
Confederate Secretary of War, James A. Seddon

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Tenth President of the United States, John Tyler John Tyler (cropped 3x4).png
Tenth President of the United States, John Tyler

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Henry A. Wise was the 33rd governor of Virginia and U.S. Congressman from Virginia Henry Alexander Wise, c1857.jpg
Henry A. Wise was the 33rd governor of Virginia and U.S. Congressman from Virginia

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