Confederate Rest - Marion, AL
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N 32° 38.192 W 087° 19.095
16S E 470149 N 3611038
Part of the St. Wilfrid's Cemetery in Marion includes these some 500 Confederate graves.
Waymark Code: WMJEXY
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2013
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Inscription:
During the War Between the States, Breckinridge Military Hospital was established at what is now Marion Military Institute. Soldiers who died were first buried behind MMI campus. After the war, Ladies Memorial Assoc. had remains exhumed and re-interred here in St. Wilfrid's Cemetery. Redwood tree planted as a living memorial to the fallen soldiers.
Grave of Judge Wm. M. Brooks, President of the Alabama Secession Convention of 1861, is nearby.
Placed by members of Hughes-McCollum Post 5104 VFW and Friends
April 29, 1979
Marker Name: Confederate Rest
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Alabama Historical Association and the Hughes-McCollum Post 5104 VFW and Friends.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1979
Marker Number: Not Listed
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