In 1909, the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected the monument on the location of the official prison burial ground at Alton, Illinois. The memorial marks the collective graves of the soldiers whom died in the prison an area known as "Buck Inn." The names of 1,354 Confederate soldiers are inscribed on six bronze plaques attached to the 58' high granite obelisk on what today is the North Alton Confederate Cemetery.
In 1909, the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected the monument on the location of the official prison burial ground at Alton, Illinois. The memorial marks the collective graves of the soldiers whom died in the prison an area known as "Buck Inn." The names of 1,354 Confederate soldiers are inscribed on six bronze plaques attached to the 58' high granite obelisk on what today is the North Alton Confederate Cemetery.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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