One gravestone has an inscription on both sides. The front of the stone identifies the grave of Private Washington Hall of Hills Company, Gregg's Regiment, 7th Texas. The back of the stone notes that Washington Hall was a "man of color." The following is in quotation marks as if it might have come from the hospital records or perhaps a letter -- "This old man was a faithful servant to his master and died much beloved to his company."
PVT Washington Hall died during a measles, typhoid and pneumonia outbreak during the winger of 1861-62 at the nearby Confederate Camp Alcorn in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
One gravestone has an inscription on both sides. The front of the stone identifies the grave of Private Washington Hall of Hills Company, Gregg's Regiment, 7th Texas. The back of the stone notes that Washington Hall was a "man of color." The following is in quotation marks as if it might have come from the hospital records or perhaps a letter -- "This old man was a faithful servant to his master and died much beloved to his company."
PVT Washington Hall died during a measles, typhoid and pneumonia outbreak during the winger of 1861-62 at the nearby Confederate Camp Alcorn in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
Inscription
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CO H
7 TEXAS INF
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