The Oakwood Graveyard Study

The purpose of studying the Oakwood graveyard is to determine an estimate of the number of people that are buried in the cemetery.

The Oakwood Cemetery is located in a well-known area of Raleigh, North Carolina, a short distance towards the mansion of the renowned US governor. The graves, monuments and gravestones in the Oakwood Cemetery occur in a natural way, being surrounded by streams, hills, trees such as cedar and oak trees, shrubs, and native flowers. Two horizontally standing granite base stones surround the monument in the Cemetery. One of the stones is coloured a dark colour, comprising images of soldiers on the battlefield. The other granite stone holds the names of those soldiers who perished on the battlefield in Gettysburg.

Initially, Oakwood Cemetery used to be a Confederate cemetery in the USA, and it was established by the Ladies Memorial Association from Wake Country in the US after the end of the 1866 Civil War. The cemetery land, estimated to be more than 2 acres, was given by a businessman named who was also an official in a public office in Raleigh known as Henry Mordecai. The Ladies Memorial Association, which comprised of a group of women, wished to establish a special burial place for Confederate soldiers to bury them as the former cemetery of Raleigh National they used to be buried at was also used to bury Union soldiers. The Oakwood Cemetery borders another Confederate graveyard established in 1935 that looks like a memory Gothic-style house. This Memorial grave was built to give honor to sailors and other veterans in North Carolina State. On the gravestone of the cemetery there are the names of Senators of North Carolina, names of Confederate soldiers, names of generals. And also the names of some governors like Daniel Fowle, Charles Aycock, William Holden, Jonathan Worth, Bragg Thomas, Swain David, and Manly Charles and names of many other prominent state officials in the state.

Currently, the Oakwood Cemetery is open to the members of the public, and it’s a non-profit private cemetery where people can tour around every day. The cemetery consists of astronomy classes that are normally hosted. There are also nature walks, theatrical performances and historical courses offered. During Halloween days, a lantern walk is held and officiated by the veteran’s Confederacy sons while reenacting the Civil War’s sceneries in the cemetery. Additionally, the 102-acre Oakwood cemetery is managed and maintained by the Confederate Veteran’s sons with the help of various donors. The graveyard is a serene environment, hence offering a very idyllic place for the people of North Carolina’s fallen soldiers to rest.

A. The difference in death between males and females before 1900 is that the male’s death rate was higher and premature as a result of war as compared to female’s death.

B. War and disease caused the deaths.

A. Women’s survival is higher as women rarely fall sick and also behave mostly in a composed manner that helps them avoid death.

B. The mortality rate in men is higher compared to women as a result of recklessness in behavioural mode and road accidents.

A. Before 1900, men were faced with challenges such as diseases with no cure and occurrences of wars, but recently, men have died as a result of road accidents and chronic diseases.

B. Lack of cure to various diseases in the early days while currently, we are facing the challenge of fighting lifestyle diseases.

A. Women prior to 1900 mostly died of diseases as earlier there were no cures for almost all the diseases and still evasions during the war while currently, women die of chronic diseases.

B. The difference in death is the time at which both groups existed. The women in the prior 1900 had fewer opportunities for survival as compared to women who have died in the past five years.