Among the Confederates buried in Oak Hill Cemetery is Major General Pierce M.B. Young, who would have graduated from West Point in 1861 had he not resigned his appointment to join the Confederate army. He served with Major General J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry in Virginia while Federal troops occupied his Cartersville home. Young became the first Georgian seated in Congress after the Civil War and was the youngest Major General in the Confederate or Union army.
Also found in the cemetery is the grave of Private David B. Freeman, who was born in 1851 and served in the 7th Georgia Cavalry. Oak Hill Cemetery officials believe he was the youngest combatant in the Civil War. Other notables include evangelist Sam Jones and Civil War-era satirist, and humorist Bill Arp.