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hung with wreaths of laurel. The
design is emblematic of the three
branches of the Confederate fighting
forces: muskets for the infantry and
the swords and sabers for the artillery
and cavalry.
The cemetery has five rows, each
containing six graves of Confederate
Jews killed in battle. These include
Jewish soldiers from Mississippi,
Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Louisiana, who were too
far away to be transported back to
their homes.
In the 1930s, the tombstones were
removed because of their deterioration
and the worn-away engraving. They
replaced them with a large granite
stone with a bronze plaque attached
with the names of all the soldiers
buried. It was erected by
Congregation Beth Ahabah, the care-
takers of the cemetery.
When Henry Gintzberger was
killed in the Battle of Cold Harbor, he
was misidentified and buried under
the name of Henry Gersberg. One
hundred years later, local historians,
trying to locate his grave, found it in
the Hebrew Confederate Cemetery.
On Oct. 20, 1963, a special memorial
program Was held at the cemetery and
his birth name was restored with a
plaque attached underneath the other
one.
Many of the local Jewish Confederate
soldiers killed are not in this military
cemetery as they were buried in their
family plots in the Hebrew Cemetery.
One of these soldiers was Isaac J. Levy,
of Richmond, Va.
He was 21 years old when he was
killed in the trenches near
Petersburg on August 21, 1864. He
was an Orthodox Jew, who wrote his
sister, Leanora, how he and other
Jewish Confederate soldiers managed
to have a Passover seder with kosher
food.
T.N. Waul, who commanded a
Southern Legion, said "Jewish soldiers
were brave, orderly, well-disciplined
and in no respect inferior to the gal-
lant body of which they formed a
prominent part. Their behavior in the
field was exemplary and no Jew was
ever arraigned before a court-martial. I
never heard of any Jewish soldier
shirking or failing to answer any call
of duty and danger."
In the Civil War, Jews responded
to the call of duty whether it be for
the North or the South. The
Hebrew Confederate Cemetery is
one testament to the great sacrifices
Jews have made for their country. ❑