William M. Jerdone, student 1860-1861

Jerdone enlisted on March 20, 1862 as a private in the Orange (VA) Light Artillery. On May 26, 1862 he was discharged for disability due to to tuberculosis. He died a few days later on June 1, 1862 and was buried in the Jerdone Family Cemetery at Bloomsbury, the family estate near Orange, VA. A history of the Bloomsbury house states the Jerdone graves were removed by the family, but their reinterment location is unknown, although many family members are buried in Graham Cemetery in Orange, VA.