Ken Williams
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- Feb 28, 2015
Hello, I read your article on the Battle of Morning Sun. There are soldiers buried there in fact but they are Southern partisan rangers and not Union soldiers as told by the Church since 1900. Myself and a friend planted the 12 Union headstones several years ago without verifying the church stories concerning the battle. Facts show, you are correct there were no Union casualties as recorded by O.R. records. The story of buried Union soldiers originated at a 1900 Memphis Press Scimitar celebration by a Dr. who was speaking at the celebration. He claimed as a boy he saw the actual battle and spoke of heroic actions. While his story elicited cheers from the crowd attending, it was false. He made the mistake of mentioning specific names of soldiers and persons involved and after careful study, we found the traditional church story to be completely false. The graves in fact hold the remains of the 13 Southern boys who died in the battle.
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