UNION SOLDIER’S GRAVE
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GPS Coordinates: Lat: 34° 59¢ 57² N, Lon: 87° 45¢ 51² W
An individual who
lives in the immediate area of this grave informed me about this Union
soldier’s final resting place. He has hunted the surrounding woods almost
all of his life and has known of its location for many years. According to this
person, there was an attempt to excavate the grave by a person/persons probably
looking for Civil War relics. The person/persons digging in the earth, dug down
about four or five feet deep. By most grave standards, the headstone is always
placed to the west of the gravesite. It appears that they didn’t know on
which side of the headstone to dig. There has been no evidence or rumors of
anything being found since it is believed they dug on the wrong side.
The gravesite is located approximately 2 miles
north northeast of
The
headstone was removed from the gravesite in the 1980’s and was gone for
about two years. Suddenly, it was returned and placed in the exact spot with
the lettering to the west as originally placed. According to the inscription on
the stone, Meadows was attached to Company “G” of the 2nd
Tennessee Infantry. But he is listed in the Company “D” roster, of
the 2nd Tennessee Infantry, also a Union Army unit. He enlisted at