Major Livingston was killed while leading his unit of Confederate calvary, known as the Bloody Spikes, in a raid on the Cedar County courthouse on the Stockton town square, where he was shot from his horse as he approached the courthouse doors. At least two other of his men were also killed along with some union fatalities. At the time the courthouse was occupied by union troops. This skirmish is commemorated with a large brass plaque on the front lawn of the present courthouse which mentions TR and those on the Union side. Three months after this fight, General Jo Shelby and his men burned the Cedar County courthouse in retaliation. Historians and oral tradition says that he is buried in an unmarked grave, along with other Civil War dead, in the southwest quadrant of the Stockton City cemetery. In that locale is a marker which reads: "To mark the final resting place of those persons unknown." His gggrandson John Clarkson Livingston, Jr. wrote and had published a terrific and scholarly book titled "Such a Foe as Livingston" which details his life as a businessman, community leader and finally a Confederate leader.
Major Livingston was killed while leading his unit of Confederate calvary, known as the Bloody Spikes, in a raid on the Cedar County courthouse on the Stockton town square, where he was shot from his horse as he approached the courthouse doors. At least two other of his men were also killed along with some union fatalities. At the time the courthouse was occupied by union troops. This skirmish is commemorated with a large brass plaque on the front lawn of the present courthouse which mentions TR and those on the Union side. Three months after this fight, General Jo Shelby and his men burned the Cedar County courthouse in retaliation. Historians and oral tradition says that he is buried in an unmarked grave, along with other Civil War dead, in the southwest quadrant of the Stockton City cemetery. In that locale is a marker which reads: "To mark the final resting place of those persons unknown." His gggrandson John Clarkson Livingston, Jr. wrote and had published a terrific and scholarly book titled "Such a Foe as Livingston" which details his life as a businessman, community leader and finally a Confederate leader.
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