Civil War Memorial

On this site, from 1861 to 1865, several hundred Union and Confederate soldiers killed in the Western Campaign were buried. Lack of interest from distant families allowed the wood grave markers to deteriorate and heavy overgrowth to spread. In 1927, the Jeffersonville Council determined, “Better the sound of children’s footsteps at play than the silent stride of the nearly forgotten Great Spirit Army here at rest.” The only intact stone marker was moved to Walnut Ridge Cemetery, and no bodies were exhumed.

Jeffersonville, Indiana · United States