[Louisiana Cemeteries] Minden Cemetery & Mansfield Battlefield
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- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:28:58 -0700 (PDT)
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> Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 9:16 AM
> Dedication for unknown soldiers' graves Saturday
>
>
> http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080325/NEWS01/803250330/1060/NEWS01
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> March 25, 2008
> IF YOU GO
> The dedication ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Minden
> Cemetery, located on Bayou Avenue off of Pine Street, will
> include a living history presentation. It is open to the
> public.
>
>
> From Staff Reports
>
>
> MINDEN — In the back right corner of the old section of
> the Minden Cemetery are the graves of more than 20 unknown
> Civil War Confederate soldiers.
>
> This hallowed ground of 144 years has never been forgotten.
> Even though the soldiers names may be lost forever to the
> future, their lives are remembered for their bravery and
> valor in April 1864, said Schelley Brown, organizer of a
> dedication ceremony set for 1 p.m. Saturday.
>
> Sons of the Confederacy Camp members from El Dorado,
> Shreveport, Claiborne, Ruston, Farmerville and West Monroe
> are expected to participate, along with local members of
> the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
>
> "This will be a wonderful time to show children what
> history a cemetery holds and how important remembering the
> past is for our future," Brown said.
>
> The soldiers more than likely were from the Walker Texas
> Division and General Polinac's Division of Louisiana.
> During the bloody and furious battles of Mansfield and
> Pleasant Hill these men were wounded and brought to Minden
> to be treated for their wounds. Both of these divisions had
> been in Minden before, having wintered in or near Minden in
> 1864.
>
> "Like so many Civil War soldiers many were lost and
> never heard from again. They are somewhere across these
> U.S. buried in unmarked graves or left to scatter to the
> wind over 144 years ago.
>
> "Many a loved one would only hope that their dear
> departed would have been laid to rest with the respect that
> the long plot in the Minden Cemetery represents," she
> said.
>
> The soldiers' remains are in what has become known as
> the "Civil War Trench." It is estimated that
> between 20 to 30 bodies lie buried along this concrete
> line.
>
> One, Pvt. Thomas L. Anderson, was identified a few years
> ago by his family through genealogy research. He has a
> marker; the rest do not, Brown said.
>
> In 2007, the T.M. Scott Camp of Minden's Son's of
> Confederate Veterans, representing direct descendants of
> Civil War Confederate veterans, contacted Brown through
> spokesman Barry Watson with a request to erect markers for
> the unknown soldiers.
>
> The 21 stones were delivered earlier this year and
> volunteers representing Camp members from Minden, Claiborne
> Parish and El Dorado, Ark., came together a few weeks ago to
> install them.
>
> Said Brown: "Having worked with the Sons of the
> Confederacy and the Daughters of the Confederacy on several
> occasion(s) during the annual Minden Cemetery Ghost Walk, I
> was thrilled that they were taking this project under their
> wing. I think this is a wonderful opportunity for the
> community to come together and remember these soldiers in a
> historic manner. "After 144 years, these men finally
> have a headstone to show that they are there."
>
>
>
> Associated URLS
> http://mindencemetery.blogspot.com/
> http://www.mansfieldbattlefield.org/
> http://louisianagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/144-years-later-unknown-graves-to-be.html
>
>
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