Friendship Cemetery - Columbus, Mississippi
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 33° 29.730 W 088° 25.553
16S E 367544 N 3707130
Marker for historic cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi.
Waymark Code: WM7RCX
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jdwms_1950
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Friendship Cemetery

SW, 12 blocks.  Two state governors, over 1,000 C.S.A. soldiers, including 4 generals,  lie here.  The decorating of their graves & those of Union soldiers, inspired F.M. Finch's "The Blue and the Gray," 1867.

Date Installed:: 1967/1/1

Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Historical Commission

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