Near Beech Grove in Coffee County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Pledge to the South

Photographed By Tom Gillard, September 6, 2009

1. Pledge to the South Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

The South is a land that has known sorrows; it is a land that has broken the ashen crust and moistened it with tears; a land scarred and riven by the plowshare of war and billowed with the graves of her dead; but a land of legend, a land of song, a land of hallowed and heroic memories.

To that land every drop of my blood, every fibre of my being, every pulsation of my heart, is consecrated forever.

I was born of her womb; I was nurtured at her breast; and when my last hour shall come, I pray God that I may be pillowed upon her bosom and rocked to sleep within her tender and encircling arms. Edward Ward Carmack 1858-1908

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.

Location. 35° 37.576′ N, 86° 14.5′ W. Marker is near Beech Grove, Tennessee, in Coffee County. Marker is on Confederate Cemetery Road, 0.1 miles west of Grossburg Road (Tennessee Highway 64), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Beechgrove TN 37018, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker.

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Confederate Cemetery (here, next to this marker); 18th Indiana Battery (here, next to this marker); 20th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (a few steps from this marker); Tullahoma Campaign (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Tullahoma Campaign (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Tullahoma Campaign (within shouting distance of this marker); General Forrest's Farewell Order Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Confederate 1st/3rd Kentucky Calvalry (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Beech Grove.

Photographed By Sharon N. Goodman

2. Pledge to the South Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 6, 2009, by Tom Gillard of Tullahoma, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 2,001 times since then and 185 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 6, 2009, by Tom Gillard of Tullahoma, Tennessee. 2. submitted on January 18, 2010, by Sharon N. Goodman of Round Rock, Texas. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.