Rose Hill Cemetery (Maryland)

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Coordinates: 39°37′55″N 77°43′21.5″W / 39.63194°N 77.722639°W / 39.63194; -77.722639
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Rose Hill Cemetery, located in Hagerstown, Maryland, is the oldest public cemetery in Washington County Maryland. The cemetery features over 110 acres of burial space.

The cemetery was originally land granted to the Wroe family by King George III in the 1700s. Dr. John A. Wroe and his wife purchased the land. Their home was on a hill witch was Wroe Hill. In 1866 the name was changed to Rose Hill when it was turned to a cemetery by William T. Hamilton.

Cemetery within the cemetery

The Washington Confederate Cemetery was bought by the state of Maryland in 1871. The cemetery has 2,467 Confederate soldiers from the Battle of Antietam. Only 346 soldiers graves were identified.

Notable interments

References

www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=81439&CScntry=4&CSst=22&CScnty=1207&CSsr=181&
rosehillcemeteryofmd.org/rich-in-history/history-of-rose-hill/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=640858

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