There are 64 graves marked with an "Unknown Confederate" marker.Sixty-four "Unknown Confederate Soldier" Veterans Affairs (VA) headstones in the southwest corner of the old section of the cemetery mark graves of those who died in the local area. The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) had the VA stones placed here in 1932. Wooden markers identifying the deceased had been provided at the time of burial, but these deteriorated in time until those beneath were "Known But To God".
Union cavalry did ride through Talladega twice during the war, July 17, 1864 and April 22-23, 1865. However, there was only one confederate casualty inflicted during both of these raids. Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram (1816-1865) of "Hill's Layouts", a company of convalescents and home guards in Gen. Benjamin J. Hill's Brigade, was buried where he fell after an engagement with Union cavalry in Munford on April 23, 1865. (Memorial listed as a "Non-Cemetery Burial").
A Confederate hospital had been established at the Exchange Hotel in Talladega, corner of North and Court Streets, to which wounded soldiers were brought in on the railroad. Camp Buckner, a conscript camp of instruction, was also in town located between East and West Streets and traversed by Sloan Avenue. The Talladega County Historical Association (TCHA) Newsletter of November 1982 provided a list of names and units of twenty soldiers who died in the hospital during January-July of 1864. The newsletter also noted an account of Camp Buckner being crowded with soldiers in 1863, with many dying of dysentery. Soldiers who died in the hospital and conscript camp lay beneath these twin ranks of stones.
Union cavalry did ride through Talladega twice during the war, July 17, 1864 and April 22-23, 1865. However, there was only one confederate casualty inflicted during both of these raids. Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram (1816-1865) of "Hill's Layouts", a company of convalescents and home guards in Gen. Benjamin J. Hill's Brigade, was buried where he fell after an engagement with Union cavalry in Munford on April 23, 1865. (Memorial listed as a "Non-Cemetery Burial").
A Confederate hospital had been established at the Exchange Hotel in Talladega, corner of North and Court Streets, to which wounded soldiers were brought in on the railroad. Camp Buckner, a conscript camp of instruction, was also in town located between East and West Streets and traversed by Sloan Avenue. The Talladega County Historical Association (TCHA) Newsletter of November 1982 provided a list of names and units of twenty soldiers who died in the hospital during January-July of 1864. The newsletter also noted an account of Camp Buckner being crowded with soldiers in 1863, with many dying of dysentery. Soldiers who died in the hospital and conscript camp lay beneath these twin ranks of stones.
There are 64 graves marked with an "Unknown Confederate" marker.Sixty-four "Unknown Confederate Soldier" Veterans Affairs (VA) headstones in the southwest corner of the old section of the cemetery mark graves of those who died in the local area. The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) had the VA stones placed here in 1932. Wooden markers identifying the deceased had been provided at the time of burial, but these deteriorated in time until those beneath were "Known But To God".
Union cavalry did ride through Talladega twice during the war, July 17, 1864 and April 22-23, 1865. However, there was only one confederate casualty inflicted during both of these raids. Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram (1816-1865) of "Hill's Layouts", a company of convalescents and home guards in Gen. Benjamin J. Hill's Brigade, was buried where he fell after an engagement with Union cavalry in Munford on April 23, 1865. (Memorial listed as a "Non-Cemetery Burial").
A Confederate hospital had been established at the Exchange Hotel in Talladega, corner of North and Court Streets, to which wounded soldiers were brought in on the railroad. Camp Buckner, a conscript camp of instruction, was also in town located between East and West Streets and traversed by Sloan Avenue. The Talladega County Historical Association (TCHA) Newsletter of November 1982 provided a list of names and units of twenty soldiers who died in the hospital during January-July of 1864. The newsletter also noted an account of Camp Buckner being crowded with soldiers in 1863, with many dying of dysentery. Soldiers who died in the hospital and conscript camp lay beneath these twin ranks of stones.
Union cavalry did ride through Talladega twice during the war, July 17, 1864 and April 22-23, 1865. However, there was only one confederate casualty inflicted during both of these raids. Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram (1816-1865) of "Hill's Layouts", a company of convalescents and home guards in Gen. Benjamin J. Hill's Brigade, was buried where he fell after an engagement with Union cavalry in Munford on April 23, 1865. (Memorial listed as a "Non-Cemetery Burial").
A Confederate hospital had been established at the Exchange Hotel in Talladega, corner of North and Court Streets, to which wounded soldiers were brought in on the railroad. Camp Buckner, a conscript camp of instruction, was also in town located between East and West Streets and traversed by Sloan Avenue. The Talladega County Historical Association (TCHA) Newsletter of November 1982 provided a list of names and units of twenty soldiers who died in the hospital during January-July of 1864. The newsletter also noted an account of Camp Buckner being crowded with soldiers in 1863, with many dying of dysentery. Soldiers who died in the hospital and conscript camp lay beneath these twin ranks of stones.
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