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Washington County honored all the men who served in the Confederate States Armies from the county as men whom power could not corrupt, death could not terrify, and defeat could not dishonor. This memorial was made possible by gifts from the 56th Alabama Cavalry, Alabama Division Sons of Confederate Veterans, Saint Stephens Funeral Home, and descendants of numerous individuals, including Elijah H. Bailey, Louder R. Laton, Thomas H. Bailey, George W. Knapp, Sr., William R. Batley, Haden McIlwain, James M. Beech, Newton C. Milam, Peter I. Brown, Robert W. Parham, George W. Coaker, Elijah Parnell, Jeremiah Covington, Wright A. Richardson, Burton A. Creel, James P. Sims, Henry C. Dame, Richard Singleton, Thomas Davis, Frank M. Sullivan, Richard D. Dorman, Josiah Tarpley, John A. Downey, Osborn Tew, John Dykes, Thomas E. Tucker, Robert L. Elmore, Benjamin D. Turner, Joel B. Everett, David M. Turner, William J. Fuller, Samuel Wilkins, William H. Godwin, Wm. Jasper Williams, Lewis Hennis, John W. Wood, Alexander Lane, Jr., Peggy Wood, laundress, James M. Beech, Joshua T. Beech, Peter J. Beech, James H. Davis, Elias Pippi, William C. Beech, James M. Blount, Robert L. Bowling, Theodore C. Bowling, Simeon R. Hartley, E. Caswell Mapper, Edward Steadham, Joseph M. Pelham, Benjamin F. Porter, Stephen Tarver, and David B. Thompson.
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