Camp Beauregard Memorial - Water Valley, Kentucky - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

While an active military installation, from September 1861 to March 1, 1862, it trained 5,000-6,000 soldiers for the Confederate States of America. However, the place was disease-ridden, resulting in 1,000-1,500 deaths at the camp. The diseases ranged from cerebrospinal meningitis, pneumonia, and typhoid fever with poor weather and lack of sufficient supplies for the troops contributing to the dire situation. In a single day 75 cases of typhoid and pneumonia were reported. Under the direction of the 27th Tennessee Regiment's Colonel Thomas Logwood, the camp was burned down. Union forces captured the site shortly after the abandonment.

In 1909 the United Daughters of the Confederacy placed a small monument dedicated to the fallen soldiers at the site entrance, and then an eleven foot monument within the cemetery. It was increased in 1930 by the addition of a concrete base. There were plans for a larger memorial, but they never materialized.

The now-private cemetery is believed by some to be haunted.

On July 17, 1997, the Camp Beauregard Memorial in Water Valley was one of sixty different monuments related to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission.

Memorial Inscription:
1861 - 1865 Camp Beauregard Memorial in memory of the men who died here for the Confederate States of America and were denied the glory of heroic service in battle - Erected by the Kentucky Division United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Beauregard Monument Association of Louisiana.

Street address: Kentucky Route 2422 Water Valley, KY USA 42085 County / Borough / Parish: Graves Year listed: 1997 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Civil War in Kentucky Periods of significance: 1861 - 1862 Historic function: Fort, Training of Confederate Soldiers Current function: Cemetery Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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