Augustus' Story - A Sad Conclusion

It appears from the newspaper reports and from first-hand accounts that Augustus Baldwin Fairchild's body was never recovered. Augustus is listed in the burial records of the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut, and a headstone for Augustus stands in the Fairchild plot in the Grove Street Cemetery, but it is likely that he is not buried there. His remains are probably interred at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, where eighty-five percent of the burials are unknown. Augustus' headstone at Grove Street is most likely a memorial stone.¹

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¹Grove Street Cemetery (New Haven, Connecticut), Augustus B. Fairchild marker, photographed by author 22 May 2009.