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The Confederate Monument at Greenwood Cemetery

A Memorial Association organized in 1889, led a drive for the erection of a monument to the Confederate dead. Unveiled on October 25,1893, the Vermont granite shaft is topped with a bronze figure of a Confederate Infantryman. Two granite figures below represent the cavalryman and the artillaryman. Each figure was molded from a photograph of a Clarksville volunteer: Infantry, W.R. Bringhurst; Cavalry, Clay Stacker; Artillery, Charles H. Bailey.

HELP SAVE CAMPS BOONE & BURNETT

From 1861 through year-end, soldiers were organized into units and trained in camps like Camps Boone & Burnett near Clarksville. Soldiers trained in these Montgomery County, Tennessee camps participated in many of the most important battles of the Civil War. This land is in danger of development, and needs to be saved. The Camps have limitless possibilities, Living History Demonstrations, Civil War Encampment, Practice Drills for Re-Enactors, or Family Barbecues.

A ROAD TO FORT DONELSON BEGINS HERE

HISTORY OF THE ORPHAN BRIGADE

The Orphan Brigade was formed in October 1861 from a group of Kentucky units that mustered into Confederate service in northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky in the summer and fall of 1861. Due to Kentucky's neutrality policy in the summer of 1861, men wishing to join the Confederacy traveled to Camps Boone and Burnett, near Clarksville, TN. Here, the nucleus of the Orphan Brigade was formed.

Montgomery County Soldiers
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Link to the Orphan Brigade
Orphan Brigade