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Disappointed Fort Pillow isn't a side trip, would have been interesting to see if anyone reenacted the flight down the bluff and trying to swim the river........
Disappointed Fort Pillow isn't a side trip, would have been interesting to see if anyone reenacted the flight down the bluff and trying to swim the river........
I wanna see it with my own eyes. Where were the Confederate casualties at Corinth buried? Sometime during this muster, I have go to get down to Okolona. That has been on my list for quite some time.
This is an absolutely HORRIBLE tale: according to the NPS ranger (not @TomP) Mike and I talked to at the park headquarters in Corinth after failing to find them in the city cemetery where they were SUPPOSEDLY buried following the battle, due to the extreme acidity of the soil - something Tom did describe to us although in a different connotation during his brief talk at Battery Robinette - their bones have by now all dissolved; and since they were buried in unmarked trenches or graves there is now NOTHING left of them! There are NO monuments or markers there of any kind and their exact location on the grounds has likewise been forgotten.I wanna see it with my own eyes. Where were the Confederate casualties at Corinth buried? Sometime during this muster, I have go to get down to Okolona. That has been on my list for quite some time.
This is an absolutely HORRIBLE tale: according to the NPS ranger Mike and I talked to at Corinth (not @TomP) after failing to find them in the Corinth city cemetery where they were SUPPOSEDLY buried following the battle, due to the extreme acidity of the soil - something Tom did describe to us although in a different connotation - their bones have by now all dissolved; and since they were buried in unmarked trenches or graves there is now NOTHING left of them! There are NO monuments or markers there of any kind and their exact location on the grounds has likewise been forgotten.
The circumstance described to us by Tom during his short presentation concerned two graves right on top of Battery Robinette supposedly belonging to USCT soldiers who died sometime during the occupation or Reconstruction, I forget which. When exhumed all that was left of them were a few Federal eagle buttons and teeth.VERY possible. The soil in a lot of places, including the Deep South mostly as a whole, is very acidic. I've heard tales of exhumed Confederate officers in Georgia being removed to a cemetery and there being nothing left of them, except the buttons on their coats when they were buried...
The cemetery grounds or the battlefield grounds?There are NO monuments or markers there of any kind and their exact location on the grounds has likewise been forgotten.
There are six Confederate graves in the cemetery. Col Rogers is buried where he fell on the battlefield .The cemetery grounds or the battlefield grounds?
I know you and your traveling companion enjoy nature's bounty! I will be glad to show y'all this spot a couple hundred yards off of the road. Perhaps you will be abe to find a snake or two!!
Regards
David
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Just remember what I told youKevin that is what is called home service! Excellent job but keep BD close by as he loves to roam and see everything
Regards
David
I envision myself digging thru it to see if there are any relicsI envision myself sitting down on the ground innocently throwing rocks at that tree base....
I envision myself digging thru it to see if there are any relics
Additional note to self, check on availability of search parties, lawyers and medivacs...Just remember what I told you
"AM Friday. September 25th (optional)Well at least we now know which of us would be discreet...
Michael there is no way you can or would be discreet! Nothing personal but you are far too large to hide and I have heard you coming from 300 yards away
Regards
David
"AM Friday. September 25th (optional)
Morning Side Trip. Brice’s Crossroads. Led by Rusk County Avengers "
What time are we scheduled to be boots-on-the-ground at Brice's Crossroads?
Its a 45 minute drive to Brice's Crossroads. I would leave NLT 0800 in order to get to the visitors center then the battlefield and see all there is to see and be back by 1200."AM Friday. September 25th (optional)
Morning Side Trip. Brice’s Crossroads. Led by Rusk County Avengers "
What time are we scheduled to be boots-on-the-ground at Brice's Crossroads?