Huntsville in Scott County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Col. Joseph S. Cecil

1878 - 1940

Photographed by James Hulse, May 21, 2021

1. Col. Joseph S. Cecil Marker

Inscription.

Congressional Medal of Honor

While serving during the Philippine Insurrection at Bud-Dajo, Philippine Islands as 1st LT. in the 19th U.S. Infantry earned the CMOH on March 7, 1906 "While at the head of the column about to assault the first cotta under a superior fire at short range personally carried to a sheltered position a wounded man and the body of one, who was killed beside him."

Erected by The Scott County Historical Society, Industrial Development Board, Monument by Keeton Monuments, Robbins, TN.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Spanish-American. A significant historical date for this entry is March 7, 1906.

Location. 36° 24.583′ N, 84° 29.433′ W. Memorial is in Huntsville, Tennessee, in Scott County. It is at the intersection of Woodland Place and Court Street, on the right when traveling east on Woodland Place. The marker is located in front of the Scott County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 283 Court Street, Huntsville TN 37756, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East Tennessee

and in the Cumberland Plateau.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Independent State of Scott (a few steps from this marker); Honoring Scott County's American Revolutionary War Soldiers (a few steps from this marker); Scott County Veterans Memorial

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Rock House Creek Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away); Divided Loyalties (approx. 2.3 miles away); USS Tennessee Bell (approx. 2.3 miles away); USS Tennessee Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away); Prohibition (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huntsville.

Also see . . . Josephus Samuel Cecil. Find A Grave website entry (Submitted on August 12, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

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2. Joseph S. Cecil

The Col. Joseph S. Cecil Marker is located at the corner of the intersection image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, May 21, 2021

3. The Col. Joseph S. Cecil Marker is located at the corner of the intersection

Th Col. Joseph S. Cecil Marker is located on the left of the photo image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, May 21, 2021

4. Th Col. Joseph S. Cecil Marker is located on the left of the photo

Credits. This page was last revised on August 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 312 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 23, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. 2. submitted on August 12, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on May 23, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. 4. submitted on May 24, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.