Colonel Hiram Parks Bell Camp #1642
Sons of Confederate Veterans
The Anglin - Strickland Cemetery is located in the woods at approximately 952 Mathis Airport Road in Suwanee, GA.
Two Confederate soldiers are buried here, William Anglin and Jacob C. Strickland.
Martha A. Anglin Strickland, first married to William Anglin, and then married to Jacob Strickland also rests here.
William Anglin was a private in Company E, 14th Georgia Infantry Regiment. The 14th Infantry Regiment was organized during the spring of 1861 with men recruited in Jasper, Johnson, Pierce, Dougherty, and Worth counties. Ordered to Virginia, the unit served under General Floyd in the Kanawha Valley of western Virginia. They were part of a Confederate force whose mission was to prevent Union troops from advancing further into northwestern Virginia.
After a long train ride in crowded conditions the men, now on foot, marched along in a torrential downpour through mountainous country. The roads became nearly impassable with horses floundering through deep mud and men splattered from head to toe. Rain fell constantly and, because the wagons could not keep up, the men slept in the rain and mud without tents. Many fell out sick with measles, mumps and typhoid fever. Many of these young men had been raised in rural environments and, as a result, had never developed immunities to the many lethal diseases which were prevalent in their time. Thrown together with many other young men and exposed to bad water and the elements, they died in droves, others had to be discharged for their disabilities. William Anglin was discharged December 3, 1861.
Sergeant Jacob C. Strickland was in Company D 34th Georgia Infantry Regiment. The 34th Infantry Regiment was organized in May, 1862, at Camp McDonald, near Marietta, Georgia. Its members were from the counties of Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Polk, Cobb, Paulding, Carroll, Haralson, and Jackson. Jacob Strickland enlisted May 14th, 1862, and was in the hospital at Vicksburg, Mississippi, being captured there on July 4th, 1863 when Vicksburg surrendered. He was paroled at Vicksburg July 15th, 1863.
The Confederate Battle Flag is flown here in memory of these two Confederate soldiers.
The Battle Flag was the soldiers Flag, and was honored by the United Confederate Veterans themselves, and since 1906 the duty to honor that flag, and the men who served under it has been delegated to the Son’s of Confederate Veterans, their descendants.
Please enjoy visiting this historic cemetery. There are many Confederate Veterans buried throughout the area, some in small family sites like this one, others in large church or community cemeteries. If you would like further information, or are interested in joining the Son’s of Confederate Veterans, please contact us on the web at www.scv1642.com
Frank Clark, Commander
Col. Hiram parks Bell Camp #1642
P.O. Box 2299
Cumming, GA 30028
678-513-6315
