Cedar Grove Cemetery (New London, Connecticut)
The Cedar Grove Cemetery is a non-sectarian cemetery in New London, Connecticut. It was established in the mid-19th century and is located at the intersection of Broad Street and Jefferson Avenue.
Points of interest
As New London developed in the late 19th century, remains from earlier cemeteries in the city were relocated to the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
The cemetery features the Comrades Monument, which was erected about 1900 by the Grand Army of the Republic to honor Civil War veterans buried in the cemetery. The monument is about 23 feet tall and features a life-sized figure of a Civil War soldier on top of a pedestal.
The cemetery has been a place of burial for leading citizens of New London. It is the resting place for a governor of Connecticut, two United States senators, ten members of Congress, a member of the Continental Congress and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Notable interments
- Mary Lydia Branch - Author.
- United States Senator Frank Bosworth Brandegee
- Brigadier General Henry Burbeck
- Brigadier General Thomas H. Cushing
- Harry Daghlian, Manhattan Project physicist killed by the demon core
- Colonel William Hayward - Commander of the 369th Infantry Regiment (a.k.a. "Harlem Hellfighters") during the First World War.
- Captain Elisha Hinman - Officer in the Continental Navy.
- Richard Law - Continental congressman.
- Major General Gustavus W. Smith, CSA
- United States Senator Benjamin Stark
- Governor Thomas M. Waller
- Quartermaster Sergeant George C. Williams - Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor.
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Coordinates: 41°21′57″N 72°07′28″W / 41.36583°N 72.12444°W