Some CSA Unknown Soldiers at Soldiers' Rest
C. S. A. Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi

Not Forgotten
 

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Afar from friends who loved him well,
Amid the battle smoke alone
This well-beloved soldier fell
To sleep throughout the years "unknown."

What loving mother watched for him
With longing eyes and speechless moan?
How many eyes with tears grew dim
Because this soldier died "unknown"?

But God, who watches over all,
Knows well the one beneath this stone;
And when the angel's trump shall call,
He shall no longer be "unknown."

-- Alex W Bealer

from Confederate Veteran Magazine, Vol. XVI, No. 12, Dec 1908, pg. 662.
 

Unknown
CSA
Soldier
Jun 29, 1862
 

"Teach your children who these dead men were. Tell them of their lofty courage. Instruct them in their virtues."

-- Capt Ellis, Confederate Memorial Day, 1874, on the dedication of the Confederate Memorial in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA

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