Westmoreland in Macon County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Site of Civil War Confederate Training Camp Jim Davis
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 23, 2013
1. Site of Civil War Confederate Training Camp Jim Davis Marker
Erected by Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp Jim Davis 1425 through Macon County Historical Society.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Sons of Confederate Veterans/United Confederate Veterans series list. A significant historical date for this entry is October 15, 1861.
Location. 36° 34.401′ N, 86° 11.986′ W. Memorial is in Westmoreland, Tennessee, in Macon County. It is on Epperson Springs Road 0.2 miles west of Tooley Branch Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 9695 Epperson Springs Rd, Westmoreland TN 37186, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Middle 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, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Epperson Springs (here, next to this marker); Camp Jim Davis Epperson Springs (approx. 2.1 miles away); William Owen Bradley (approx. 2½ miles away); In honor of those who served (approx. 2.7 miles away); H. G. Kirby (approx. 2.8 miles away); A Family Tragedy (approx. 8.3 miles away); The Home of William Dunn (approx. 8.3 miles away); Jonathan Browning (approx. 8½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Westmoreland.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Epperson Springs (was here, next to this marker but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 23, 2013
2. Site of Civil War Confederate Training Camp Jim Davis Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 30, 2021, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 628 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 30, 2021, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
