Civil War Memorial
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Civil War Cemetery
On this site, 1861 - 1865, are buried several hundred Union and Confederate Soldiers. Killed in the Western Campaign. Lack of interest from distant families allowed deterioration of the wood grave markers and heavy overgrowth. In 1927, the Jeffersonville Council determined “Better the sound of children’s footsteps at play than the silent stride of the nearly forgotten Great Spirit Army here at rest”. The only intact stone marker was moved to Walnut Ridge Cemetery. No bodies were exhumed.
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Presented by
Frank R. Kossa Col (Ret) USAR
on behalf of
Lawrence Capehart Post 35
The American Legion
Joseph M. Bittner Post 1832
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Marker is on Mulberry Street south of West Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
