Confederate Rest

Confederate Rest (HMMJY)

Location: Madison, WI 53711 Dane County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 3.894', W 89° 25.751'

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The valiant Confederate soldiers who lie buried here were members of the 1st Alabama Inf. Reg., Confederate States of America. They were captured in the spring of 1862 in the Civil War Battle of Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River south of Cairo, Illinois. Their task was to stop traffic carrying men and supplies to Northern forces further south.

After weeks of fighting under extremely difficult conditions, they were forced to surrender. Constant fire from river gunboats and land forces made their position untenable. After surrender, they were moved to Camp Randall and when they arrived many were suffering from wounds, malnutrition and various diseases.

Within a few weeks 140 graves were filled, the last resting places for these unsung heroes, far from their homes in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.

Here, also, is the grave of Alice Whiting Waterman, a gracious Southern lady who devoted more than 30 years of her life caring for the graves of "her boys."
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Year Placed1981
Placed ByMr. and Mrs. William Austin Huggins
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Date Added Friday, September 26th, 2014 at 6:22am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 302205 N 4770885
Decimal Degrees43.06490000, -89.42918333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 3.894', W 89° 25.751'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 3' 53.64" N, 89° 25' 45.06" W
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Area Code(s)608
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 601-649 Dido Albert Federowick Memorial Dr, Madison WI 53711, US
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I recently went to Madison to see this while doing research on my family, I was very disappointed that these men who are veterans were not honored by a flag over them, I can understand not having a confederate battle flag but to deny them of the main CSA flag of that time period is wrong, so much for tolerance in Madison, liberal progressive hypocrites.

Apr 27, 2015 at 9:24am PDT by huntsinmtns

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