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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: September 28, 2022
Caption: Cenotaph for Stephen Minton
Additional Description: Also located in the Confederate section of the Bloomfield Cemetery:
In memory of
Pvt
Stephen Minton
Co D
6 Mo Inf
CSA
Jan 14 1846
Jul 15 1862
Inscription on back of stone reads:
Killed in action. Gunner on C.S.S. Arkansas (Ironclad). Decapitated - buried in Yazoo River, Ms.

The cemetery is east of town on County Highway E.
Submitted: October 10, 2022, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p682625
File Size: 3.491 Megabytes

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