Public Announcement
♦ On Sunday, August 30, at 5:00 pm, the Rowan Rifles #405 SCV Camp will be assisting with a Confederate Memorial Service for M.V.B. Capps at Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Salisbury. The service will include a dedication for a Southern Cross of Honor and will be conducted by reenactors of the 1st SC. All local reenactors are urged to attend and fall in with the 1st SC. Permission has been granted from the city to fire a black powder salute during the service.
M.V.B. Capps served in Co. B, 8th Tennessee Volunteers. His obituary in 1907 stated “He was an officer in the Confederate army, serving with honor under Generals Albert Sidney Johnson, Stonewall Jackson, and Forrest, at different times”. He was the Chief of the Salisbury Fire Department from 1898 – 1904.
The gravesite is located on the side of the cemetery nearest Johnson Street in the vicinity of the cemetery office.
The public is invited to attend.
