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Capt. H.D. Lee and Company D of the 16th Regiment were the first to leave from Rutherford County for the War Between The States on June 3rd, 1861, and Capt. J.B. Eaves and Company I of the 50th Regiment left in April 1862. Both companies departed from this sacred spot. It is also dedicated to the memory of A.H. McDaniel of Company I, 50th Regiment, commander of the Davis-Dickerson-Mills camp of Rutherford County Confederate Veterans. This site was the muster ground of the Burnt Chimney Volunteers, now Forest City.
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