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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Confederate Graves at Isaacs Cemetery












Some cemeteries have tall pillars and ornate gates and sculptures that grace the entrance to the final resting place of those buried there. But the location of Isaacs Cemetery is marked by a simple, homemade sign, with stencil-painted letters that spell out the name. Like so many other cemeteries that began as family cemeteries, Isaacs Cemetery contains the burial places of some of the county's earliest residents, along with those of residents and their families who have died in recent years. This Attala County cemetery is located at McVille, south of Kosciusko, between Highway 43 and the Natchez Trace Parkway, about halfway to Thomastown. In the very early 1800's, this area was still part of the Choctaw Nation. Graves of several Confederate soldiers are located in the cemetery, and markers for four of those graves are pictured below. You will note that the emblem known as the Southern cross appears on each gravestone.

James W. Cabaniss
Co. "A" 15 Miss Inf
C. S. A.
Alonzo Lewis, Confederate Soldier


John Fields
Co. "K"
10 Ala Inf.
C. S. A.




Elkanah Sanders
Co. "F"
18 Miss Inf.
C. S. A.



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