Shelby Springs in Shelby County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Shelby Springs Confederate Cemetery

"Old Soldiers Grave Yard"

Photographed by Tim Carr, November 6, 2009

1. Shelby Springs Confederate Cemetery Marker

Inscription. The Confederate Army established a soldier's home and hospital here (1863-1865) as a part of the CSA Camp Winn Training Site. Father Leray and the Sisters of Mercy staffed the hospital after fleeing Civil War destruction in Vicksburg, MS. They brought with them by train many wounded and sick Confederate soldiers. This existing public cemetery was expanded for those soldiers who died of battle wounds and illnesses. Civilian burials continued until 1921.

Lay Down Your Arms...
Close Ranks...
Rest In Eternal Peace.

Listed on the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register

Erected by Alabama Historical Commission / The Shelby County Historical Society, Inc.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1921.

Location. 33° 7.77′ N, 86° 40.89′ W. Marker is in Shelby Springs, Alabama, in Shelby County. It is on County Route 42 one mile south of Alabama Highway 25, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Calera AL 35040, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area.

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 New Spain,

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Calera & Shelby Railroad (approx. 5.2 miles away); O'Neal Lime Works

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(approx. 5.2 miles away); Steam Engine (approx. 5.2 miles away); Machine Shop Smoke Stack (approx. 5.2 miles away); Shelby County Courthouse (approx. 5.4 miles away); Shelby Furnaces (approx. 5.4 miles away); Columbiana, Alabama (approx. 5.4 miles away); Shelby County War Memorial (approx. 5½ miles away).

Also see . . .
1. About the Shelby Springs Confederate Cemetery - AKA "Old Soldiers Grave Yard". (Submitted on November 18, 2021, by Bobby Joe Seales of Alabaster.)
2. Shelby Springs Hotel. (Submitted on November 18, 2021, by Bobby Joe Seales of Alabaster.)

Photographed by Tim Carr

2. Shelby Springs Confederate Cemetery & Marker

Shelby Springs Confederate Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Carr, November 6, 2009

3. Shelby Springs Confederate Cemetery

Photographed by Tim Carr, November 6, 2009

4. Shelby Springs Confederate Cemetery

Grave Site Of Unknown CSA Soldier image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Carr, November 6, 2009

5. Grave Site Of Unknown CSA Soldier

Credits. This page was last revised on November 18, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2009, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 3,667 times since then and 64 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 7, 2009, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.