Unknown Confederate Soldiers Memorial Obelisk - Marshall, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member linkys
N 32° 33.021 W 094° 21.872
15S E 371883 N 3602261
This obelisk is a memorial to the unknown Confederate soldiers who died in local hospitals.
Waymark Code: WMET06
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/03/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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This granite obelisk, located in the back corner of the cemetery, is 15 feet tall, and has inscriptions on the four sides. It stands near a few of the grave stones marked, Unknown Soldier CSA, that are scattered throughout the Marshall Cemetery.

The inscriptions read:

CONFEDERATE

TO THE UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE
SOLDIERS BURIED HERE

ERECTED BY MARSHALL CHAPTER
NUMBER 412 UNITED DAUGHTERS
OF THE CONFEDERACY

LEST WE FORGET

Height: 15

Illuminated: no

Date Created/Placed: Not listed

Address: Not listed

Website: Not listed
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