On May 2, 1889, the Weekly Shreveport Times published and article entitled "CONFEDERATE STATISTICS. The "Quiet Sleepers' in Natchitoches, La. - Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas Soldiers. Then Deputy Sheriff and Will H. Tunnard surveyed a section of American Cemetery described as "rows of emerald green mounds, marked only with perishable wooden slabs, simply inscribed in pencil with the names, companies and commands where rested Southern soldiers in their last bivouac. The cemetery is well-known for its memorable and historic reputation, as the site of a fort in Louisiana's early days, when only canebrakes and forest primeval covered the land, and both aboriginees and wild beasts infested their almost impenetrable depts. Here, during the latter days of the war, were many of the sons of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas buried. " The article credits Mr. John A. Barlow with suggesting that a list be taken for future preservation.
A. L. Brinkley, Boone's Battery, February 22, 1864
A. L. Brinkley, Boone's Battery, February 22, 1864
On May 2, 1889, the Weekly Shreveport Times published and article entitled "CONFEDERATE STATISTICS. The "Quiet Sleepers' in Natchitoches, La. - Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas Soldiers. Then Deputy Sheriff and Will H. Tunnard surveyed a section of American Cemetery described as "rows of emerald green mounds, marked only with perishable wooden slabs, simply inscribed in pencil with the names, companies and commands where rested Southern soldiers in their last bivouac. The cemetery is well-known for its memorable and historic reputation, as the site of a fort in Louisiana's early days, when only canebrakes and forest primeval covered the land, and both aboriginees and wild beasts infested their almost impenetrable depts. Here, during the latter days of the war, were many of the sons of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas buried. " The article credits Mr. John A. Barlow with suggesting that a list be taken for future preservation.
A. L. Brinkley, Boone's Battery, February 22, 1864
A. L. Brinkley, Boone's Battery, February 22, 1864
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