Trout Gravesite

Located on common ground between 6308 and 6324 Betsy Ross Ct., Centreville, Va.

WILLIAM D. TROUT enlisted as a private in Co. C, 28th Va. Infantry ("Old Dominion Rifles") on May 10, 1861 at age 20. He listed his home as New Castle, Va. and his occupation as farmer. He died from illness on Oct. 23, 1861 at his regiment's winter quarters at Camp Withers, Centreville, Va. His gravestone is a piece of native siltstone with a handcut inscription. The stone was removed from the gravesite and given to the owner of nearby Level Green Farm several years ago, where it remained until it was returned to the original developer in April of 1990. The developer, at the request of the homeowners association, donated the gravestone to the Centreville Regional Library for safekeeping in April of 1994, where it is to be placed on public display. The gravesite sits between two rows of townhouses and is devoid of any markers or plantings except for a single clump of daffodils. The gravesite is clean and well maintained.