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Willow Mount Cemetery
Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee
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(from historical marker) CONFEDERATE CEMETERY "In the cemetery north of the road are buried Confederate soldiers of the Army of Tennessee, who fell while opposing the advance of Rosencrans' Army of the Cumberland through Liberty Gap and Guy's Gap, in late June, 1863. Also buried here are soldiers of Forrest's Cavalry, killed in minor operations." The Confederate section of graves is only a small portion of this very large cemetery near the center of Shelbyville, the county seat of Bedford County. Most graves around the Confederate Monument are marked as "Unknown". Location: Lane Parkway Visited: 2003 |
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was killed by the bursting of the gun Lady Polk at Columbus, KY Nov 11, 1861 [a letter to Gen S Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General of CS Army, Richmond, VA from E.D. Blake, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, dated Nov 12, 1861: A large Dahlgren gun bursted. Lieutenant Snowden, CS Infantry, Captain Keiter, and seven soldiers killed; several wounded. General Polk was stunned-clothes torn off, but will recover soon. Please communicate fact to Lieutenant Snowden, assistant commisary. Official Records of Union and Confederate Armies, Ser I, Vol 52, Pt II, page 206] |
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