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(April 2010) Decoration Day/12 Gables: Circa 1838. This charming Greek Revival Victorian cottage is one of the state of Mississippi's most historic and significant structures. In 1866 a group of Columbus women met in this home to plan a day to honor Confederate soldiers. Together, they decided to place flowers on the graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers interred at Friendship Cemetery. This event, then called Decoration Day, has evolved into our nation's Memorial Day. Columbus is remembered as the city where flowers healed a nation. An outstanding feature is the stone facade. A masonry pattern cut into wood. This fashion was set by George Washington at Mount Vernon |
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(April 2010) Friendship Cemetery: Founded May 30, 1849, historic Friendship Cemetery is located on a high bluff overlooking the Tombigbee River. What started out as a five acre cemetery now encompasses 55 acres. During the Civil War years two portions of the cemetery were set aside for the burial of confederate soldiers. The outline in the burial book indicates the number of confederate dead to be 2,194; however, in 1934 1,260 marble markers were installed and only 47 of those were inscribed with names. In 1976, with the discovery of an older record book, the names, units and grave numbers of an additional 298 soldiers and one nurse were revealed. These were added to the known list of confederate dead, and their markers are now installed. The remainder of the markers bear the inscription of "Unknown Confederate Soldier." Both Confederate and Union soldiers who died in the 1862 Battle of Shiloh are buried here in Friendship Cemetery |
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