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(3-94) Confederate
Cemetery
1994 Tour Guide: The Confederate cemetery contains the
remains of at least 440 Confederate soldiers who died at Camp Moore or
in the nearby vicinity. At present only 148 of the graves are marked
though the soldiers were buried individually. The Confederate monument
stands as a lone sentinel to their memory
Marker at left
center near the tree line, 1994 Tour Guide: This point marks the
outer limit of the largest of Camp Moore's drill fields which extended
east to the Tangipahoa River. To the south of the drill field stood one
of the principal camp areas for the troops which adjoined, farther to
the south, the firing range and the other troop camp areas which
straddled Beaver Creek |
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(3-94) Confederate Monument,
dedicated in 1907, cemetery in background |
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(3-94) Northern picket post and 1864
skirmish site
1994 Tour Guide: In this area stood the northern
picket post of the camp. In the woods immediately to the north were a
series of rifle pits which constituted the northern defensive perimeter.
In this area and extending approximately one quarter mile to the north
the October 1864 skirmish was fought
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(3-94) United Daughters of the Confederacy
meeting place
1994 Tour
Guide: This cabin served as the initial
meeting place for the Camp Moore chapter United Daughters of the
Confederacy. The marker stands in memory of their efforts to preserve
Camp Moore. Some of the sharpest fighting during the October 1864
skirmish occurred along the railroad in this area
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