The 30-foot obelisk marks the Raine family cemetery. Erected in 1912 by C. Hunter Raine, the monument honors past family members, including C. Hunter’s father, Charles James Raine, who served as a captain in the Lee Battery of Virginia Artillery. Captain Raine was killed in action on November 30, 1863, near Mine Run – east of Culpeper, Virginia. A total of nine known graves are associated with the Raine Cemetery.

The Raine family’s only connection to the surrender is the McLean House – where the surrender meeting between Generals Lee and Grant occurred. John Raine built the brick house in 1848 and for a time ran it as a tavern. Wilmer McLean purchased the house in the fall of 1862.

Interred in the cemetery are:

Ann Eliza Raine

12/23/1848 to 8/10/1850

Charles Clifford Horner

1850 to 4/17/1851

Eliza D. Raine

11/04/1805 to 8/3/1856

John Raine

4/12/1795 to 4/17/1851

Ezekiel Adelbert Horner

1845 to 4/16/1855

Sarah Ann Eliza Horner

4/12/1828 to 6/16/1853

[Infant] Raine

4/16/1855 to 8/16/1856

John F. W. Raine

12/20/1853 to 10/5/1861

Charles J. Raine

About 1834 to 11/30/1863

Marker is on Old Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 24), on the left when traveling west.

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