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Daniel R. Towers
Lieut., Co. H, 8th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Headstone Photo and Hollywood Cemetery Photo

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(at left)
Headstone of
Lt. Daniel R. Towers,

Co. H, 8th Georgia
Volunteer Infantry

The headstone reads:

  LIEUT. D. R. TOWERS
CO. H. 8 GA. REGT.
KILLED AT FORT HARRISON
SEPT. 30, 1864.

 

Photo courtesy of
Heath Roland

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Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond Va.

Over the arch reads: 

Confederate Officers Section
erected by the
Hollywood Memorial Asso.
Oct. 1918

Daniel's grave is visible through the arch. The flat stone directly behind Daniel's is Gen. David R. Jones, former Div. commander of the 8th Ga. Infantry in 1862.

Also in the cemetery are Edward Johnson, Walter H. Stevens, John C. C. Sanders, and John D. Imboden.

Daniel R. Towers' remains were dug up in the 1960's from his battlefield grave at Fort Harrison and reburied at Hollywood Cemetery.  There were bits of uniform cloth and bones still there.

Photo and information courtesy of Heath Roland

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