Marion in Lauderdale County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Marion C.S.A. Cemetery
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 6, 2019
1. Marion C.S.A. Cemetery Marker
N.W. Ύ mi. Here are buried 170 unknown Confederate soldiers who died at field hospital after various battles in 1862-63 from Shiloh to Vicksburg.
Erected 1957 by Mississippi Historical Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list.
Location. 32° 25.333′ N, 88° 38.965′ W. Marker is in Marion, Mississippi, in Lauderdale County. It is at the intersection of Dale Drive and Ponta Street, on the right when traveling north on Dale Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5850 Dale Drive, Marion MS 39342, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in East Mississippi. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Marion CSA Cemetery (approx. Ύ mile away); Mississippi Attendance Center (approx. 1½ miles away); Middleton Attendance Center (approx. 1½ miles away); Old Marion Cemetery (approx. 2.1 miles away); Peavey Electronics (approx. 3 miles away); 10th Avenue Masonic Cemeteries (approx. 3.7 miles away); Jimmie Rodgers (approx. 3.8 miles away); Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marion.
Regarding Marion C.S.A. Cemetery. There are no actual graves here, these are memorial grave markers. This cemetery is placed as near as possible to one of the mass burial sites often set up during the Civil War, but the remains were not disinterred and reburied here.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 6, 2019
2. Looking up Confederate Drive towards the cemetery.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 6, 2019
3. Location of Marion C.S.A. Cemetery with entrance gate and some of the grave markers.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 12, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 524 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 12, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
