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George Marion, Jr. (Nov 24 1860 – Feb 4 1930) + 1) Mittie Dowling Freeman (Jul 8 1862 - >1910). See 1900 and 1910 and death certificate and gravestone. He was a jailor.
+ 2) Lizzie Hart (? - > Feb 1930). See 1920.

Census of 1850: erroneously identified as "Maria Main", age 12, in family of John G. Main (Barnwell County, SC)
Census of 1840 shows John G. Main and a female (age >= 20 & <30) with two boys younger than age 5, and no other children.
Census of 1860 show Marion Main & family listed after John G. Main's family (no "Maria", but other siblings still at home).

Civil War Service:
1) enlisted at Cole's Island, SC (Apr 12 1862). See 1825 Mills Atlas map excerpt for the location of a fort on Cole's Island (through Stono Inlet between Kiawah Island and Folly Island).
2) Served in SC 1st Regiment, Company E (Hagood's Infantry Regiment [after reorganization])
3) Wounded at Sharpsburg, MD (Battle of Antietam), Sep 17 1862
4) Died of pyemia / sepsis October 9, 1862 (Danville, VA: General Hospital #28 (aka Danville Railroad Hospital)

SC Archives (see their record) says:
1) enlisted Dec 9, 1861 (Capt. Sander's Co., 17th SC Infantry)
2) enlisted at Cole's Island, SC (Apr 12, 1862); rank= private
3) Served in SC 1st Regiment (Hagood's), Co. F 4, 2nd Co. E
4) Wounded at Manassas, Aug 29/30, 1862
5) Admitted to Danville Hospital Sep 10, 1862. Transferred from 17th SC Infantry.
6) Died at Danville, VA Oct 9, 1862 of blood sepsis (pyemia)

South Carolina troops in Confederate service: Vol. 1 (By the Historical Commission of South Carolina, Alexander Samuel Salley):
Quoted on p. 587: James R. Hagood says (Memoirs): "Private M. M. Main, Barnwell S.C. Died of Pneumonia, Jany 2nd 1863" , but the records indicate pyemia, which was very likely after being wounded.

"Reminiscences of a Private", by Frank M. Mixson, Company "E," 1st S. C. Vols. (Hagood's). Columbia State Co. 1910 130 pgs. Copies of this book may be found in the University of Texas Library and the Library of Congress.

See pp 350-383 microfilm roll 45 for 1st Hagood's Companies E and F. P 352 shows Cole's Island as station of the Company.

1st Regiment Volunteers completed its organization at Barnwell, South Carolina, in December 1860, and entered Confederate service in April, 1861. Its companies were raised in Charleston and the counties of Orangeburg, Lancaster, Barnwell, Greenville, Colleton, and Richland. The regiment served in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, then moved to Virginia and brigaded under Generals Jenkins and Bratton. It fought at South Mountain, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg, and later served under Longstreet at Suffolk and D.H. Hill in North Carolina. Again it was with Longstreet, but the unit did not take part in the conflict at Chickamauga. After fighting in the Knoxville operations the unit participated in the battles at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, the Petersburg siege, and the Appomattox Campaign. It reported 16 casualties at South Mountain, 40 at Sharpsburg, 1 at Fredericksburg, and 45 at Wauhatchie. Of the 169 engaged at Spotsylvania, thirteen percent were disabled, and from June 13 to December 31, 1864, there were 17 killed, 89 wounded, and 17 missing. It surrendered 21 officers and 201 men. The field officers were Colonels W.H. Duncan, Thomas J. Glover, James R. Hagood, Johnson Hagood, and Franklin W. Kilpatrick; Lieutenant Colonels Benjamin B. Kirkland and Daniel Livingston; and Majors George M. Grimes and Watson A. O'Cain. -- reference

Marion Main died in General Hospital # 28, which was also called Danville Railroad hospital or Railroad Shops Hospital. It was formerly a shop building in the railroad repair yards of the Richmond and Danville Rail Roads. It was a single-storied, brick building which had several natural springs nearby. It was opened 10 July 1862. It was a surgical hospital with 416 beds. Dr. Abraham Schultz Miller was surgeon-in-charge. Location: Manchester, Virginia, on the James River, just east of Richmond and Petersburg Rail Road bridge. Present site just east of south end of Manchester Bridge. -- (from Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W. Wait, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.)

For written accounts, also see:
Richmond Enquirer, 9/30/1862: (tabular report of sick & wounded soldiers in the hospitals in Richmond).

National Archives, RG 109, Ch. IV, 8/1/1862: (order from F. Sorrel, re-designating existing hospitals into General Hospitals with numbers).

The Confederate cemetery near Manchester, Virginia is the 1857 Manchester Municipal Cemetery site at 2313 Wise Street in Richmond’s Manchester area. The city’s 2025 report says the property likely contains hundreds of unmarked graves, including Civil War burials and some Confederate soldiers, and a memorial marker there says “Here rest more than one hundred South Carolina soldiers” who died in Manchester hospitals between 1861 and 1865.

Location
The site is in South Richmond’s Swansboro/Manchester area, near Wise Street and West 24th Street. It is not a traditional marked Confederate cemetery like Hollywood Cemetery; instead, it is a historic burial ground on city property now used for utilities.

What is known
Recent reporting says ground-penetrating radar identified about 742 potential graves, with 472 classified as probable and 270 as possible. The city says the burials may include private citizens as well as soldiers from nearby military hospitals, and the area has no marked graves.

If you want to visit
The memorial marker is the easiest point to find, and the location is listed at Wise Street and West 24th Street in Richmond. Because the site is city-owned utility property, access may be limited and not set up like a normal cemetery.

The 2025 Manchester Municipal Cemetery report found evidence of a much larger burial ground than expected at 2313 Wise Street in Richmond’s Manchester area. Using ground-penetrating radar and related analysis, the city’s consultant identified at least 742 potential unmarked graves, with 472 classified as probable and 270 as possible.

Main findings
The report says the site was a cemetery beginning in 1857 and was also used for wartime burials during the Civil War era. It concludes the burial pattern is dense enough that the survey likely undercounts the actual number of graves.

What may be buried there
The report says the site likely contains remains of private citizens and soldiers from nearby military hospitals. It also notes the historical evidence supports a circumstantial case that wartime burials occurred there, and that soldiers from states other than South Carolina may also be present.

Site extent
Researchers found signs that graves may extend beyond the surveyed lot into adjacent properties, and possibly beneath Wise Street. The surveyors also described unusually straight rows, which they said could indicate trench-style individual burials.

Next steps
The city said it is developing an access plan for descendants and genealogical visitors, with details to be posted once finalized. The report also recommends avoiding ground disturbance at the site; if disturbance is unavoidable, it should be monitored by a qualified archaeologist.