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Pulaski in Giles County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
 

Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry Memorial

 
 
Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ken Smith, October 18, 2013
1. Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry Memorial
Inscription.
Died in the performance of a faithful service.

On the morning of September 27, 1864, the Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Forrest's Cavalry, Confederate States Army, engaged the enemy on this field, and the following is a list of it's dead, whose remains repose near this stone:

Captain Joel T. Cochran, Company E.
Captain David L. Nowlin, Company G.
Sergeant Jack Waddell, Company I.
Private Thomas Handberry, Company I.
Sergeant James Hatchell, Company E.
Private John Haneline, Company E.
Private John Oliver, Company K.
Private John Wilson, Company K.
And an Unknown Mississippian.

Erected by a comrade, 1911.
 
Erected 1911 by a comrade.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 27, 1861.
 
Location. 35° 8.632′ N, 86° 59.816′ W. Memorial is in Pulaski, Tennessee, in Giles County. It is on Elkton Highway (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles north of Bunker Hill Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Pulaski TN 38478, 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 South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Forrest's September Raid (a few steps from this marker); Sgt. Charles Clayton Abernathy
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(approx. one mile away); Dr. William Albert Lewis (approx. 3.7 miles away); Professor John Thomas Bridgeforth (approx. 3.7 miles away); United States Colored Infantry (approx. 3.7 miles away); Pulaski Cornerstone — Southeast (approx. 3.7 miles away); Samuel “Sam” Davis (approx. 3.8 miles away); James M. McCallum (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pulaski.
 
Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ken Smith, October 18, 2013
2. Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry Memorial
Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry grave markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ken Smith, October 18, 2013
3. Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry grave markers
Sergeant James Hatchell, Company E. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ken Smith, October 18, 2013
4. Sergeant James Hatchell, Company E.
Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Confederate States Army
Private John Haneline, Company E. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ken Smith, October 18, 2013
5. Private John Haneline, Company E.
Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Confederate States Army
Private John Oliver, Company K. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ken Smith, October 18, 2013
6. Private John Oliver, Company K.
Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Confederate States Army
Private John Wilson, Company K. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ken Smith, October 18, 2013
7. Private John Wilson, Company K.
Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Confederate States Army
Captain Joel T. Cochran, Company E. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ken Smith, October 18, 2013
8. Captain Joel T. Cochran, Company E.
Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Confederate States Army
Captain David L. Nowlin, Company G. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ken Smith, October 18, 2013
9. Captain David L. Nowlin, Company G.
Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Confederate States Army
Sergeant Jack Waddell, Company I image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ken Smith, October 18, 2013
10. Sergeant Jack Waddell, Company I
Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Confederate States Army
Private Thomas Handberry, Company I image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ken Smith, October 18, 2013
11. Private Thomas Handberry, Company I
Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Confederate States Army
Forrest's September Raid Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ken Smith, October 18, 2013
12. Forrest's September Raid Marker
Highway marker near the cemetery.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2013, by Ken Smith of Milan, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,405 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. submitted on October 26, 2013, by Ken Smith of Milan, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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