Photo by Max Lonzanida | Naval History and Heritage Command | 07.24.2018
A headstone marks the location of Vernon Eskridge. Eskridge was a US Navy Chaplain aboard the USS Cumberland from 1852-1855. He fell victim to the Yellow Fever epidemic that decimated the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth in 1855. (US Navy Photo by Civilian Public Affairs Officer Max Lonzanida/Released)...
