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Unknown Soldier

Gilmer, Upshur County

Marker Text

In this grave, the first in Morris Cemetery, lies a Confederate soldier. On his way home at the end of the war, and very ill, he stopped at the William Morris home, near here. There he died, without revealing his name.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description Morris Cemetery on SH 155, 4.5 mi. south of Gilmer
Marker # 11348
Dedicated 1966
Size, Type grave marker
Code Civil War; military topics
Latitude, Longitude 32.684074, -94.988102

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