Old City Cemetery - Union Springs, AL
N 32° 08.605 W 085° 43.035
16S E 620978 N 3557053
The Old City Cemetery, locally known as the Confederate Cemetery, includes the tombstones of some twenty-two Confederate soldiers.
Waymark Code: WMFNMP
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2012
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The Old City Cemetery historical marker is a standard Alabama Historical Association metal marker with the Alabama flag in an oval at the top. It is located at the cemetery on Blackmon Street (US Hwy 82). The marker was placed by the Bullock County Historical Society and Alabama Historical Association.
Marker Name: Old City Cemetery
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Marker Text:
(The Confederate Cemetery)
Micajah Norfleet Eley donated land in 1849 for the Baptist Church and an adjoining public cemetery. The oldest cemetery in Union Springs, it served the city for 35 years. The Confederate Monument at the center of the cemetery was unveiled at the intersection of Prairie and Hardaway Streets on March 29, 1895 by the Ladies Memorial Association. In 1973 it was moved to its present location.
Locally known as the Confederate Cemetery, it includes the tombstones of some twenty-two Confederate soldiers. Below the Confederate soldiers’ grave site is a marker which reads, “Union Prisoners of War, 1861 – 1865, Victims of Plague.”
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1997
Marker Number: None
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