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Corner of Alcaniz and Garden Streets Pensacola, Florida 32591
(northeast part of Historical District)
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St. Michael's Cemetery
St. Michaels Cemetery Foundation
of Pensacola, Inc.
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Grave site of Stephen R. Mallory,
Secretary of the Navy Confederate States. Flag erected and maintained by the
Stephen R. Mallory Camp 1315 Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc.
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Northwest entrance to
St. Michaels Cemetery.
(main parking area for cemetery)
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Confederate Dead
in St. Michael’s Cemetery
Roll
Call of Honor
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Abercrombie, James E.
Abercrombie, William F
Blount, Frederick K
Bobe, Frank
Bonifay, Francis C.
Bonifay, Felix
Bonifay, M.P.
Bonifay, Oswald
Brent, Daniel G.
Brent, Francis Celestino
Sgt.
Brent, Thomas
Brazier, W.H.
Bright, Henderson
Brosnaham, George
Brosnaham, John
Caldwell, David
Campbell, R.L.
Commyns, Joseph
Cropp, David
Crupper
Davis, Benito
De La Rue, Filo
De La Rue, John
Delmar, Eugene N.
Farinas, William
Gingles, Charles
Golay, Albert
Gonzalez, Benito
Gonzales, Buck
Gonzales, Charlie
Gonzales, Manuel F.
Gonzales, Samuel Z.
Grant, Alex
Greenwood, I.N.
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Hargis, Robert B.W.
Hargis, R.W.
Hernandez, R.F.
Herron, Frederick
Herron, Gaston
Herron, James S.
Hyer, Albert
Hyer, Louis
Hyer, William K.
Ingraham, J.P.
Jones, C.W.
Jones, Joseph Pickett
Jordan, Barlow
Jordon, Hurbert
Jordan, J.E.
Keating, Michael
Kelly, Delity Powell
Nurse
Kemp, Thomas
Kirk, William
Knight, J.H.
Landrum, Sam
Le Baron, Charles
Leonard, S.A. Sr.
Lovett, James
Mallory, Stephen R. Jr.
Mallory. Stephen R. Sr.
Mann, W.
Maura, Frank
McCullough, James
McCullough, M.
McGuire, John M.C.
McVoy, Joseph
McVoy, William
McVoy, W. Murrell
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Mitchell, William
Moreno, Albert
Moreno, Celestino
Moreno, S.A.
O’Leary, Michael
Overman, Benjamin Franklin
2nd Lt.
Pinney, John L.
Renshaw, Frank
Riera, Albert
Riera, Anthony
Robb, Richard
Scarritt, Mason
Simmons, Benjamin Franklin
Simpson, Ezekial E.
Simpson, James R.
Smith, James H.
Sullivan, D.F.
Thornton, James G.
Thornton, Joseph Presley
Touart, Frank
Walker, A.T.
Webb, John S.
Whiting, John Cary
Wilkins, Joseph
Williams, William
Wittich, Wilds Leroy
Wright, George W.
Yniestra, Arthur
Yniestra, Bruno
Yniestra, Gregory
Yniestra, Moses G.
Yonge, Chandler Cox
Yonge, W.C.
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The above list
may not be complete, this is a work in progress
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Stephen Russell Mallory
Born in 1813 - Died November 9, 1873
Stephen was born on the island of Trinidad, West Indies. In 1820
he emigrated with his parents to Key West, Florida. He was educated
at Nazareth Hall Military Academy in Nazareth, Pennsylvania and at the
Jesuit College at Springhill, Mobile, Alabama.
President Jefferson Davis appointed him Secretary of the Confederate
Navy on March 4, 1861.
Mallory found himself with the difficult task of creating a navy from
nothing. He did so untiringly. Records of the commerce raiders C.S.S.
Alabama, C.S.S. Florida, and C.S.S. Shenandoah along with the Confederate
Torpedo Bureau which built torpedoes, floating mines, and the
"legendary H. L. Hunley, stands as testimony to his dedication,
ability and skillful management.
After the fall of Richmond, Mallory accompanied President Davis and
other cabinet members as they fled. The group disbanded in
Washington, Georgia on May 5, 1865. Mallory traveled to La Grange,
Georgia, where his family was residing. He was arrested there on May
20, 1865, and held prisoner for ten months at Fort Lafayette, a small
island in New York Harbor. Mallory moved to Pensacola, Florida after his
release.
Mallory practiced law until his death on November 9, 1873.
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Delity Powell Kelly
Stephen R. Mallory Camp 1315
Sons of Confederate Veterans
is pleased to announce;
Florida's only female to receive a Florida veteran's pension
for service during the "War Between The States" has at last been
honored with a
veterans headstone.
Confederate States of America army nurse Delity Powell Kelly, who
began her service at the age of 12 and passed away October 31, 1939 was
honored on Saturday April 11, 1998 with the placing of a veterans headstone
on her grave in Historic St. Michael's Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida.
Many of Delity's descendants were
present as this "Angel
in Gray" was recognized after almost 60 years. A
Confederate honor guard rendered a 21 gun salute and an artillery battery
fired a 3 round volley followed by the playing of Taps as part of the
tribute. Delity Powell Kelly was only 12 years old when she began her
service as a Confederate Army nurse. Delity's father enlisted in an
artillery company and it became a family endeavor as her mother also
answered the call to duty.
She was captured twice by Union
soldiers, once at Baldwin northeast of Gainesville and again in Savannah,
Ga. The first time she escaped. When she was captured the second time her
company demanded her release by advertising, stating that they would shoot
5 Union soldiers if she were not released. She was placed on a ship and
taken to North Carolina where she was released and put ashore. She was able
to rejoin her unit and served through the close of the war.
When the war ended she was at
Appomattox as General Lee surrendered to Grant..
Delity was Honorably discharged
April 26, 1865. Based upon her Confederate service, Delity was
awarded an annual pension of $480.00 by Special Act of the Florida
Legislature.
Delity's part in the War Between
The States had been all but publicly forgotten until this Confederate
Memorial Day service. Two women prominent in medicine and government
spoke during the dedication ceremony attended by nearly 250 Confederate
descendants, and family members, and friends.
``We are bound by a common cause,
we will be there to attend the wounded and dying, and our gender will have
no bearing on our job'', said U.S. Navy Captain Christine
Bruzek-Kohler, executive officer of the Pensacola Naval Hospital, who holds
the distinction of being the first nurse to hold that position..
Florida Secretary of State Sandra
Mortham participated in her capacity as custodian of the state's archives
and historical resources.
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F. C. Brent
Frances Celestino Brent was born on May 12, 1848 in Pensacola, Florida.
He died on April 13, 1914.
At the age of 16, Brent enlisted in the Confederate Army and according
to the Broadfoot Roster of Confederate Soldiers attained the rank of
sergeant (Brent, F. C. AL 62nd Inf. Co.B Sgt). After the war Brent
plunged headlong into business. In 1873 he was working as a
clerk. After attaining an acceptable level of success in 1876, he set
about carrying out his dream and with J. P. Knowles made plans to open a bank.
The bank opened under the name of Knowles and Brent. Soon the bank
was renamed F. C. Brent and Company. It wasn't long until Brent
purchased the controlling interest First National Bank of Pensacola.
This bank became the focus of his growing banking firm as at the time it
was the only national bank in town.
Brent had many business interest in the Pensacola area and realized the
need for organizing the Chamber of Commerce in Pensacola. As the driving
force to get the Chamber of Commerce going it soon held its first meeting
on September 16, 1889 with W. C. Chipley as its first
President.
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Benjamin
Franklin Overman
Born November 22, 1797 in Pasquotank, North Carolina and moved to
Florida in the early 1800s. In 1840 the list of partners of Forsyth
& Simpson Lumber Company of Bagdad, Florida were Joseph Forsyth, E. E.
Simpson, John Allen Simpson, John Pickens Simpson and Benjamin F. Overman.
At the age of 61, B. F. Overman enlisted on April 5, 1861 in the
Confederate Military by joining the Pensacola Guards which would later be
designated Co. K 1st Florida Infantry. Fought in the battle of Santa Rosa
Island. Promoted from private to 3rd. Lt.. He reenlisted in New
company A, 1st Florida Infantry in early 1862 and transferred to New
Company G, 1st Florida Infantry in mid 1863. He was elected 2nd Lt.
in October 1864. Benjamin was captured December 7, 1864 at
Murfreesboro, Tennessee and released on oath June 16, 1865 from Delaware
prison, famous as the home of the "Immortal 600". In his
prime he was 5'6" tall, blue eyes, fair skin, dark hair. On his
release from Delaware he was 67 years old and lived an additional 22 years,
being 89 at his death in Pensacola on April 22, 1888.
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