On November 4, 1862, seventeen men of the 33rd Alabama Infantry lost their lives in the line of duty. In a freak railroad accident near Cleveland, TN, perished when the box car in which they were riding came loose, throwing them from the car when it derailed. Struck by another box car, the men were through from the car, some pinned underneath, some pinned inside. A mass grave beside the railroads where they perished served as their only monument until the above marker was erected on November 4, 1989... more than 100 years after their deaths.

Dedicated November 4, 1989	IN MEMORY THE 33RD ALA. VOLUNTEERS WHO DIED NOV. 4, 1862 IN A TRAIN WRECK SOUT OF CLEVELAND, ENROUTE TO CHATTANOOGA
	CAPT. R. J. COOPER LT CHARLES SCOTT WM. M. WATSON T. A. PRITCHARD CLINTON EVANS O. M. BROXTON P. CHANDLER JOHN HUGHS T. Z. NICHOLS	G. L. SMITH WM. M. SMITH EDW. NIX L. M. BUSH J . G. LEWIS LT CLARK M. NOBLIN B. LLOYD

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 Killed on the Train

The following is a list of the killed on the train on the Cleveland and Chattanooga Railroad on the evening of the 4th inst., all of whom are buried at Cleveland., Bradley, County, Tenn. There are about 70 wounded, who are at the hospitals at this place, receiving all the attention that a well organized corps of army surgeons can give them: 33rd Regiment Alabama Volunteers Captain R. G. Cooper, Co. G; Private T. A. Pritchard, M. Noblin, L. M. Bush, John Hughes, L. G. Lewis, Wm. M. Watson, O. M. Broxton, H. Clark (died 6th), B. Lloyd, Co. H; Wm. M. Smith, G. L. Smith, T. Z. Nichols, Z. Chandler, Edward Nix, Co. C; Clinton Evans, Lieut. Scott, Co. E.