Camden in Benton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Irish CSA Soldiers
Photographed by Karen Emerson-McPeak, October 15, 2017
1. Irish CSA Soldiers Marker
probably worked on railroad
1860-1861
Erected by
Captain Nathaniel A. Wesson
United Daughters of the Confederacy
1992
Erected 1992 by Captain Nathaniel A. Wesson, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Railroads & Streetcars • War, US Civil.
Location. 36° 3.41′ N, 88° 6.634′ W. Memorial is in Camden, Tennessee, in Benton County. It can be reached from West Main Street (Business U.S. 70) west of Cole Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Located in the Camden City Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Camden TN 38320, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in West Tennessee and in the Highland Rim. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: "Tranquility" (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); David Benton (approx. Ύ mile away); Senator Mildred Jolly Lashlee (approx. Ύ mile away); Mary Cordelia Beasley-Hudson (approx. Ύ mile away); Thomas Clark Rye (approx. 0.8 miles away); Gunboats and Cavalry (approx. 0.8 miles away); One of Country Music's Darkest Days (approx. 2.8 miles away); Bombarding Johnsonville (approx. 6.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Camden.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 18, 2017. It was originally submitted on October 17, 2017, by Karen Emerson-McPeak of Triune, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 902 times since then and 30 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on October 17, 2017, by Karen Emerson-McPeak of Triune, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
