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Fitz W. Guerin, Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum White Line Tour Stop 4

Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum is a key cultural institution in St. Louis, offering visitors a beautiful atmosphere for exploring history, art, architecture, and nature. We have a 3.7-mile newly-painted white line to follow while in your car, on your bike, or on foot for your own self-guided tour. An interactive map is available on our website, or you can find a paper copy outside of our office doors highlighting 38 historic stops along the white line. Our fifth stop on the white line belongs to Fitz W. Guerin. Fitz was born on March 17, 1846, in New York City, NY. At 13, he set out on his own and worked for the Merrill Drug Company in St. Louis and Western Union. He joined the Union Army as a teenager and served under Generals William Tecumseh Sherman, Nathaniel Lyon, and Ulysses S. Grant. Private Guerin was awarded the Medal of Honor on March 10, 1896, for his actions and extraordinary heroism in conjunction with Sergeant Henry A. Hammel and Private Joseph Pesch on April 28 and 29, 1863 while serving with Battery A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery, in action at Grand Gulf, Mississippi. From the Medal of Honor citation: “With two comrades Private Guerin voluntarily took position on board the steamer Cheeseman, in charge of all the guns and ammunition of the battery, and remained in charge of the same for a considerable time while the steamer was unmanageable and subjected to a heavy fire from the enemy.” After the war, he became interested in photography. He returned to St. Louis where he worked for several established photographers, learning the trade. In 1876, he established his own gallery. When he won an award at the 1878 Paris World's Fair, he became an overnight success. He received international recognition for his portraits and was president of the National Photographic Society multiple times. He opened several more galleries in St. Louis city, owning a total of six over his 27-year career. Some of his photographs are held by the Library of Congress. Guerin died of a heart attack on July 11, 1903. He was buried here at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, the same resting place as his Medal of Honor co-recipients, Sgt. Hammel and Pvt. Pesch. Please enjoy this short video highlighting this stop on the Bellefontaine Cemetery’s white line tour. Sign up to receive more information about the history of BCA. http://bellefontainecemetery.org/enew....