Elisha was a Confederate soldier who died at the Camp Grafton Union POW camp in Indianapolis. The Crown Hill Cemetery Confederate Plot was established in 1931 as a memorial and burial place for 1,616 unknown Confederate Soldiers. Most of the soldiers interred here died at Camp Morton, a Union prison on the north side of Indianapolis. Between 1862 and 1865, at least 9,000 Confederate prisoners passed through the gates of Camp Morton. Initially, deceased prisoners were interred in the nearby Greenlawn Cemetery. In 1912, the federal government erected an imposing, 27' tall Confederate monument in Greenlawn Cemetery, featuring the names of persons who perished at Camp Morton. However, Greenlawn Cemetery closed in 1928, and the Confederate monument was relocated to the city's Garfield Park to make it more visible to the public. Five years later, the remains of the Confederate soldiers were moved to Crown Hill Cemetery, and placed in a mass grave. On top of the mound a new granite monument was erected, commemorating the unknown Confederate dead.

Crown Hill Cemetery, including the Confederate Plot and the nearby Crown Hill National Cemetery - established for the Union dead - was listed on the National Register for Historic Places in February 1973.

Monuments and Memorials

The original inscription on the 6' tall granite monument erected on the site in 1933 read: "Remains of 1616 Unknown Confederate Soldiers who died at Indianapolis while Prisoners of War." In 1993, a local effort led to the rededication of the site, which included a modification of the original monument. Today, a bronze tablet on its base reads: "Confederate Mound: These Confederate soldiers and sailors died at Indianapolis while prisoners of war. They were transferred here from Greenlawn Cemetery in 1933 to rest eternal. A large monument to these dead now stands in Garfield Park, Indianapolis, Indiana." In addition, ten bronze tablets on granite bases were placed nearby, which contain the names of the Confederate dead believed to have been re-interred here. Courtesy of www.cem.va.gov/cems/lots/crownhill.asp

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Elisha was In Company H, 8th regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry, organized September 1861 Camp Boone, Tennessee. they were captured at Fort Donalson 16 February 1862. Engaged were 312, with 99 dead or wounded. It is known that he was at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana 15-31 March 1862. His military record says he died 31 March 1862. His cause of death is listed as Typhoid Fever and Pneumonia. He was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery which closed in 1928. In 1933 the remains of the Confederate soldiers were buried in a Mass grave in Crown Hill National Cemetery. Separated from the rest of the graves by a chain and post fence.

As a coincidence his older brother Andrew Glenn had moved to Indiana about 1847. He enlisted as a Pvt in the Union Army in 1862 in the 86th Indiana Volunteers. He was at the Battle of Chickamauga which ironically means river of death or river of blood in Cherokee. Andrew was taken prisonser and died in Andersonville. His obituary says he died from cruel treatment in Andersonville. He is buried in POW grave 10435.