Henry Y. Massey - Grayson County, TX
N 33° 51.108 W 096° 40.840
14S E 714579 N 3748144
The government-issued headstone that marks the final resting place of Henry Y. Massey notes that he was killed in the Battle of Atlanta in 1864, and his remains were re-interred here in 1952.
Waymark Code: WMXN5N
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2018
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Corporal Massey's headstone has the Southern Cross of Honor at the top, with this inscription:
Cpl
Henry Y. Massey
Co C
11 Texas Cav
CSA
Jan 22 1846
July 26 1864
Killed in Battle of
Atlanta Removed
From Milner, GA. 1952
Please: Leave your politics at the gate. The Civil War was the bloodiest in American history, and its conflict was carried out on the battlefield. Henry Massey went out to fight at age fifteen and was in the ground at eighteen. In 2018, we are fighting the same war all over again, on social media, and a cemetery is no place for visitors to do anything except to pay their respects. Those who cannot do so should go elsewhere.
Grayson County has some good reading about this cemetery's 1999-2000 recovery and restoration as part of an Eagle Scout Project, including some before and after photos. Should this document go offline, it will be available from me here.
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