"Darling daughter how we miss you, none but God alone can tell, but in heaven we will meet you, until then, farewell."
Hillsboro Cemetery,
Hillsboro, Sierra County, New Mexico
June 23 2020
Famous Burials -
Eban Stanley Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served as a Private in Company A, 5th U.S. Cavalry. On March 25 and 27, 1873, he showed gallantry in action against hostile Indians near Turret Mountain, Arizona. His Medal was issued on April 12, 1875.
Charles Cotilda Crew - Civil War Confederate Army Officer. A practicing physician in Cuthbert, Georgia, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of Georgia Cavalry in October of 1861. He was elected Captain of Company C of the 2nd Georgia Cavalry on May 7, 1862. He fought in all of the battles of the Army of Tennessee and was severely wounded in the hip in the attack at Dover, Tennessee in January of 1863. He personally accepted the surrender of General George Stoneman at Macon, Georgia in July of 1864. As commander of his Georgia cavalry brigade, he fought in Wheeler's raid through Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama and was in numerous skirmishes in an attempt to stop Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas. He was severely wounded in the Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina and was paroled as colonel on May 3, 1865. After the war, he became a railroad agent in Georgia and eventually relocated to New Mexico for health reasons. He practiced medicine and was the part owner of a local mine until his death in Hillsboro in 1887.
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