The Grave Marks the Spot
Present at St. Helena Episcopal Church in Beaufort, South Carolina, is a solitary stone. It denotes the burial site of two officers of the British army. One of them is Lt. William Calderwood and the other Ens. John Finley. This tomb may be the only identifiable grave site of the estimated 47,000 British and Hessian troops that died fighting the Patriot army in the American Revolution. Now, don't get me wrong, there are other markers that are generalized markers for mass commemoration of the British who died during the Revolutionary War, but these two are the only two that identifiable markers-- ever-- in the history of the American Revolution on behalf of the deceased British. Upon finding this through random research of historical places, it pique our interest. And so, we decided to work it into one of our investigation tours. A few years back, we ended up in Savannah, GA, because we had to pick up one of our team members at a small airport in that direction. The grave sites a