Sallie was noted for her love for the Southern Confederacy. In Richmond, her name was a toast. In the camps, she was an idol.

She had a spark of the old fire that inspired the soldiers of Lee's Army and was cheered by great generals as they sat in boxes.

"If I could tell you of my devotion, if I could pledge my love so true, then my confession would find expression in all the music my heart sings to you."

After months of search we found Richmond's own favorite actress, Miss Sallie Partington, whose career began here as a child and who became the idol of the soldiers of the Confederacy. Sallie, sisters Kate, Mary, Jennie and brother William, a Confederate soldier, are sleeping unmarked at Richmond's sacred Hollywood Cemetery.

The Partington family was forgotten and lost in time for 100 years.

Our next project involves marking their site with original bricks and granite stone blocks from Sallie's Marshall Theatre, later renamed Richmond Theatre, that she loved so much.

Sallie was the favorite of all the Confederate soldiers, and often visited the hospitals, and helped minister to the sick and wounded. Often when she would be riding or driving, groups of soldiers in the streets would stop and cheer as she passed. At night at the theatre she was always greeted with enthusiasm.

The undergrowth covers the sleeping sisters Mary, Kate, Sallie, Jennie and brother William Partington.

Marker for Martha Partington, Sallie's mother found buried.

"Our dear Mother Martha Partington departed this life Sept. 21, 1860, in the 52nd year of her age."

Miss Sallie Partington, her last resting place is on a hill side, in Richmond's hallowed Hollywood Cemetery, in which lie the bodies of 12,000 men of Lee and Jackson's Armies, the soldiers which had applauded and cheered her when she was their favorite actress in the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond.

"Miss Partington was noted for her love for the Southern Confederacy. In Richmond her name was a toast. In the camps she was an idol."
Obituary, January 12, 1907

Alexander, Captain G. W., "The Southern Soldier Boy," Richmond, Virginia: George Dunn & Co.: 1863, sheet music. This song, a favorite among women whose husbands and sweethearts were away in the army, became one of the South's most popular tunes. Miss Sallie Partington sang this version in the production of "Virginia Cavalier" at the Richmond New Theater.

"Captain Alexander, when in Richmond, was very fond of theatrical performances. He wrote several plays, which were acted at the Richmond Theatre. One of these, "The Virginia Cavalier," was a great favorite with the people during the war, and it ran for the unprecedented time of 100 nights, consecutively, at the Theatre. In one of the scenes Captain Alexander appeared for a short time, mounted on his black horse, with Nero barking at his side, and rode across the stage at a rapid gait, and this spectacle always aroused among the spectators the most vociferous applause."