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Near Beech Grove in Coffee County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Confederate Cemetery
 
Confederate Cemetery Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Tom Gillard, November 6, 2009
1. Confederate Cemetery Marker
 
Inscription. Originally the site of a pioneer cemetery, many early residents are buried here. In 1866, returned Confederate soldiers, under the leadership of Maj. William Hume and David Lawrence, collected and reinterred here the bodies of soldiers who fell at isolated places in the Beech Grove - Hoover's Gap engagement. June 24-26, 1863.
 
Location. 35° 37.576′ N, 86° 14.5′ W. Marker is near Beech Grove, Tennessee, in Coffee County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Confederate Cemetery Road and Gossburg Rd (Highway 41), on the right when traveling west. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Beechgrove TN 37018, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Pledge to the South (here, next to this marker); 18th Indiana Battery (here, next to this marker); The Webb School (approx. 6.5 miles away); Strolling Jim (approx. 8.6 miles away).
 
Restoration Committee Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Tom Gillard
2. Restoration Committee Marker
This cemetery has been restored by the State of Tennessee, with the assistance of members of its Historical Commission, and the committee composed of the following citizens:

D.L.Jacobs, Chairman ∙ Hugh J. Doak ∙ Mrs. C.J. Lowe ∙ Thomas A. Johnson ∙ B.S. Mason ∙ David W. Shields, Jr.
1954
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on November 6, 2009, by Tom Gillard of Tullahoma, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 90 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. Submitted on November 6, 2009, by Tom Gillard of Tullahoma, Tennessee. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
 
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Wide area view of marker and its surroundings. Photo of the cemetery. • Can you help?


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