Oakdale Cemetery (Wilmington, North Carolina)

Her father, John DeRosset, was a physician and the first president of the cemetery corporation.

[1] Along with regular grave sites for Confederate soldiers, a great burial mound was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy for the dead Confederate soldiers from the Second Battle of Fort Fisher.

Dedicated in 1872, a bronze statue of a regular soldier stands atop a large circular stone base.

The dedication plaque reads, "THIS MONUMENT WAS DEDICATED MAY 10, 1872 / TO PERPETUATE DEEDS OF THE BRAVE AND IN GRATEFUL / TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF 550 HONORED UNKNOWN / CONFEDERATE DEAD AT THE BATTLE OF FORT FISHER / WHO LIE BURIED HERE / SPONSORED BY THE LADIES MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION LATER MERGED WITH DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY / SELF DENIAL - WORK - PRAYERS - TEARS - HEARTS BLOOD / ENTERED INTO ITS BUILDING".

According to the University of North Carolina, as many as 367 unknown dead soldiers are buried under the mound.