Marion in Lauderdale County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Marion CSA Cemetery

Meridian Civil War Trail

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 6, 2019

1. Marion CSA Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Marion CSA Cemetery and its surrounding area contain the remains of 170 Confederate soldiers who died at a nearby field hospital in 1862-64 following various battles, from Shiloh to Vicksburg.

Erected 2014 by the Meridian/Lauderdale County Tourism Bureau. (Marker Number 8.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 32° 25.865′ N, 88° 39.364′ W. Marker is in Marion, Mississippi, in Lauderdale County. It is on Confederate Drive 0.7 miles Dale Drive (Old U.S. 45N), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6843 Confederate 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 Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Marion C.S.A. Cemetery (approx. ¾ mile away); Mississippi Attendance Center (approx. 0.9 miles away); Middleton Attendance Center (approx. 0.9 miles away); Old Marion Cemetery (approx. 2.8 miles away); Peavey Electronics (approx. 2.9 miles away); 10th Avenue Masonic Cemeteries (approx. 4 miles away); Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery (approx. 4.1 miles away); Site of Meridian Male College (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marion.

Regarding Marion CSA Cemetery. There are no actual graves here,

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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.

Marion CSA Cemetery Marker and Confederate greves in distance. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 6, 2019

2. Marion CSA Cemetery Marker and Confederate greves in distance.

Marion CSA Cemetery entrance gate. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 6, 2019

3. Marion CSA Cemetery entrance gate.

Marion CSA Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 6, 2019

4. Marion CSA Cemetery

The names of 47 of the soldiers honored here have been extracted from records at the National Archives and are engraved on this large granite marker.

Marion CSA Cemetery Marker located about ¾ mile south. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 6, 2019

5. Marion CSA Cemetery Marker located about ¾ mile south.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 12, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 606 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 12, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.