Confederates - Springfield National Cemetery - Springfield, Missouri
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BruceS
N 37° 10.370 W 093° 15.843
15S E 476559 N 4114077
Marker giving information on the Confederate soldiers buried in the Springfield National Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMD0B1
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/01/2011
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Text of the marker:
Confederates
Of the 501 originally buried here 238 were killed in the Battle of Wilson Creek August 10th 1861. Most of the remaining 263 died from wounds received in battle or from sickness. Some ere killed in the Battle of Springfield, Januaary 8th 1863.
The Confederate part of the cemetery was founded in 1871 as a separate cemetery, it became part of the Springfield National Cemetery in 1911.