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Cockrell's Missouri Brigade CSA

 
 
Cockrell's Missouri Brigade CSA Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, May 2007
1. Cockrell's Missouri Brigade CSA Marker
Inscription.
On this field of honor
Missouri men of
Cockrell’s Brigade
fought and died for
Southern independence

November 30, 1864
Franklin, Tennessee

Presented by Missourians of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and his friends in memory of Gaylord Patrick O’Connor, 1916-1994
 
Erected by Missourians of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 35° 53.317′ N, 86° 52.701′ W. Memorial is in Franklin, Tennessee, in Williamson County. It can be reached from Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway (Tennessee Route 397), on the right when traveling south. One of several memorial/commemorative markers within Winstead Hill Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4023 Columbia Ave, Franklin TN 37064, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee and in Greater Nashville. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere,
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the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Confederate Soldier (here, next to this marker); Major General Patrick R. Cleburne CSA (here, next to this marker); John Adams (a few steps from this marker); John C. Carter (a few steps from this marker); Brigadier General Hiram B. Granbury (a few steps from this marker); Otho F. Strahl (a few steps from this marker); Battle of Franklin (a few steps from this marker); States Rights Gist (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.
 
Cockrell's Missouri Brigade CSA Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, June 16, 2019
2. Cockrell's Missouri Brigade CSA Marker
The marker is next to last of the markers along the path to Hood's Observation Post.
Winstead Hill image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, June 16, 2019
3. Winstead Hill
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 28, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2017, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 548 times since then and 31 times this year. Last updated on June 26, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. Photos:   1. submitted on May 22, 2017, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.   2. submitted on June 16, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.   3. submitted on June 17, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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