Civil War Monument at Brooksville, Mississippi
Monument Title:
Our heroes.
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Inscriptions: IN MEMORY OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE HOSPITAL AT BROOKSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI AFTER THE BATTLE OF SHILOH APRIL 6, 1862 AND WERE BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT. THE MANNER OF THEIR DEATH WAS THE CROWNING GLORY OF THEIR LIVES.
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Second Inscription Reads: LOVE'S TRIBUTE TO THE NOBLE MEN WHO MARCHED NEATH THE FLAG OF THE STARS AND BARS AND WERE FAITHFUL TO THE END.
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The hospital that is referred to in the statute stood until the 1980's. The graves of the soldiers are (according to town lore) beneath a walking track near the statue, and beneath the statue.
(The Incident in the Woods - Civil War Combat)
(The Incident in The Woods Without the Pictures)
(The Cast)
(Excerpts from the Civil War records of Samuel G. Eaves)
(Civil War Monument at Macon, Mississippi)
(Civil War Monument at Brooksville, Mississippi)
(Credits for Images and Civil War Links)
(11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment "Perrins" History)
(9th Mississippi Sharpshooters)
(5th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, CSA History)
(Company
E, 5th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, CSA, Unit Roster)
(Mississippi Civil War Units)
(Mississippi
Civil War History Bulletin Board)
(Eaves Genealogy Bulletin
Board)
(Civil War Newspapers Transcribed)
(Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors System)
