In memory of G. W. LemonAuthor of the memorial page is Cemetery Manager

Private George W. Lemon was born in 1833 and was a shoemaker by trade. He enlisted as a Private in Company C of the Sixth Maryland Infantry at Westminster, Maryland on August 13, 1862 and was mustered in at Camp Hoffman in Baltimore. Severely wounded by a musket ball to the left hip on May 5, 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness, he was listed as missing in action the same day. Captured by enemy forces, he was re-captured by the Union Army on May 13, 1864, sent to Fredericksburg, and then to Alexandria, Virginia. There he was hospitalized for treatment of his wound and infection. His condition improved, but ultimately it was decided to amputate the leg at the hip joint to promote healing and prevent further infection. The surgery was performed by Dr. Edwin Bentley, U. S. V. on October 12, 1865. Mustered out at Washington, D.C. on June 20, 1865 while still hospitalized, Lemon received a surgeon's certificate of disability on February 3, 1866 when discharged from Harewood Hospital in Washington, D.C. Following his discharge, Lemon returned to the Bird Hill area outside of Westminster and resumed his trade as a shoemaker, receiving a disability pension of fifteen dollars per month. He later wrote to his army physicians telling them that he had healed nicely but that he could not wear a prosthetic limb because it became too uncomfortable and afterward, he needed three days to recover from the soreness. He recounted that despite his injury, he could walk the seven miles to Westminster without fatigue. Private Lemon married Susanna T. Nicodemus on February 22, 1869 and the couple had one son, William H. Lemon, who died as an infant. Lemon died sometime prior to 1879, and his veteran’s headstone was provided by the U.S. Government.