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Terre Haute in Vigo County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery

 
 
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1. Full View - - Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery Marker
Inscription.

( Front Plaque )

Erected by The United States to mark the burial place of eleven Confederate Soldiers who, while prisoners of war, died at Terre Haute and were buried in this cemetery, where the individual graves cannot now be identified.

( Left Plaque )

Thomas S. Bryan — Co. C, Gantt’s 9th Battn. Tenn. Cav.

Benjamin F. Cockrell — Co. A, Gantt’s 9th Battn. Tenn. Cav.

Thomas S. Davidson — Co. B, Gantt’s 9th Battn. Tenn. Cav.

Issac M. Foster, Corp. — Co. A, Gantt’s 9th Battn. Tenn. Cav.

Francis M. Gahagen — Co. C, 26th Miss.

John R. Holcomb — Co. A, Gantt’s 9th Battn. Tenn. Cav.

( Right Plaque )

John L. Johnson — Co. A, Gantt’s 9th Battn. Tenn. Cav.

Robert H. Maxwell — Co. B, Gantt’s 9th Battn. Tenn. Cav.

Gilford D. Nunley — Co. F, Gantt’s 9th Battn. Tenn. Cav.

Wm. P. Thogmorton, Corp. — Co. F, Gantt’s 9th Battn. Tenn. Cav.

Geo. N. Zollicoffer — Co. B, Gantt’s 9th Battn. Tenn. Cav.
 
Erected 1912 by The United States.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 39° 28.84′ 
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N, 87° 24.926′ W. Memorial is in Terre Haute, Indiana, in Vigo County. It can be reached from North 3rd Street (U.S. 41) south of Fourth Avenue. Located in "Woodlawn Cemetery / St. Joseph Cemetery". At Fourth Avenue go into cemetery, at center dirve of cemetery - take left drive to marker. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1100 N 3rd St, Terre Haute IN 47807, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Indiana and in the Wabash Valley. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Union Hospital (approx. half a mile away); Evangeline E. Harris (approx. 0.7 miles away); Home Packing Company (approx. 0.7 miles away); Wabash and Erie Canal (approx. 0.7 miles away); Home of Eugene V. Debs (approx. 0.8 miles away); William D. "Big Bill" Haywood (approx. 0.8 miles away); Charles Luna (approx. 0.8 miles away); Sidney Hillman (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Terre Haute.
 
Also see . . .  Civil War: Confederate soldiers monument, Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana. Indiana Memory website entry (Submitted on May 13, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 12, 2012
2. Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery Marker
Left Plaque - - Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 12, 2012
3. Left Plaque - - Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery Marker
Right Plaque - - Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 12, 2012
4. Right Plaque - - Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery Marker
Obverse View - - Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 12, 2012
5. Obverse View - - Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery Marker
Wide View - - Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 12, 2012
6. Wide View - - Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery Marker
Sign - - " Woodlawn Cemetery / St. Joseph Cemetery " image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 12, 2012
7. Sign - - " Woodlawn Cemetery / St. Joseph Cemetery "
Cemetery Entrance image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 12, 2012
8. Cemetery Entrance
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 21, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 1,445 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on August 21, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.
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