by Debbie G.
Member since:
July 16, 2006

Lonely places

April 12, 2007 11:57 PM EDT (Updated: April 13, 2007 12:12 AM EDT)
views: 76 | comments: 30

In Fayetteville, Arkansas, on a knoll overlooking a portion of the city, there is a rarely remembered site called simply Confederate Cemetery. Here, in largely unmarked graves, rest the remains of civil war soldiers from four different states. Fallen men from Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas  were carried from the fields where their lives were lost, and buried here far from their loved ones, and their homes.

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 I walked among them.  I stepped back in time.

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 This is a way for me to give them back their bayous, back to their homes.
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Comments: 30

Mariana T. Apr 13, 2007, 12:09am EDT
Very nice tribute Miz Debbie G. Nice presentation and lovely photographs as well! Thank you. Salud.
Robb F. Apr 13, 2007, 12:17am EDT
A very stirring, poignantly framed moment.
Landen Michaels Apr 13, 2007, 12:20am EDT
A fitting tribute. This echoes the feelings I experienced on the battlefield at Gettysburg.
Cecile V. Apr 13, 2007, 12:40am EDT
The stories cemeteries tell! Thank you for sharing!
Tonia, who hugs trees G. Apr 13, 2007, 1:13am EDT
I go to these places with you, and am amazed with the things that you bring away. This is beautiful, Deb.
Elsie Duggan Apr 13, 2007, 1:32am EDT
These are beautiful photos and so nostalgic. What memories each grave holds for someone, and what a waste of all those brothers that fought it.
V. Hughes Apr 13, 2007, 10:38am EDT
Hello Debbie,

Very nice. It brought back memories of roaming the Stone Mountain and Kennesaw Mountain battlefields in Georgia when I was a kid. The momument is an outstanding piece of art, too.

Namaste, Wayne
Lisa Gensheimer Apr 13, 2007, 11:41am EDT
Think of the history beneath the earth... Well done.
Madame Donna C. Apr 13, 2007, 2:27pm EDT
I like what Lisa said, "think of the history beneath the earth..." Nicely done, Debbie.
Debra H. Apr 13, 2007, 3:06pm EDT
Lovely tribute Debbie!
Rosa See Ya Apr 13, 2007, 6:14pm EDT
Very moving. Bless your heart for their remembrance.
Debbie H. Apr 13, 2007, 8:33pm EDT
This is truly a beautiful tribute Debbie!!! Makes you take a step back and reflect!!!
Verie Sandborg Apr 13, 2007, 8:49pm EDT
I find cemeteries for those who died in wars sobering, but also peaceful in a way. I've been to military cemeteries near Omaha Beach in France; to cemeteries in Gallipoli, Turkey; to Gettysburg; and to Oakwood Cemetery in Chicago where 6,000 Confederate POWs from Camp Douglas in Chicago are buried in a mass grave. There is a plaque listing most of them. Their guards are buried in separate graves next to the mass grave, but they do not have tombstones or anything giving their names.

I wrote of a moving experience at Gallipoli, "Memorial Day: Remembering Gallipoli and Oliver Edwin Turnbull" at http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976754668
Debbie G. Apr 13, 2007, 9:07pm EDT
Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting.

Verie, I am following your link right now.
Stephanie A. (On vacation) Apr 14, 2007, 11:48pm EDT
Very moving tribute. Recently I was reading to my daughter about the Civil War from her social studies book. I could not finish the section that covered Pickett's charge. I tried very hard not to, but I cried. The poor child said, "Mom your crying".
Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. Apr 15, 2007, 12:10am EDT
Beautiful, Debbie, simply beautiful...
Jared G. Apr 15, 2007, 1:32pm EDT
That was really elequent and moving. Your presentation was as simply perfect as the monuments themselves. Well, well done Deb!!!
Barbary Chaapel Apr 15, 2007, 2:01pm EDT
How somber your photos, Debbie. Thank you for posting them. They make us rethink.
Janna O'Donnell Apr 15, 2007, 7:14pm EDT
Beautiful pictures, Debbie.
Kathryn E. Apr 16, 2007, 6:10am EDT
Cemetaries, especially of fallen soldiers, are solemn places, worthy of our respect. i especially loved the cemetaries of the south, with all the fallen Confederates; very moving tribute to a tragic moment in our history.
Pamela L. Apr 16, 2007, 9:03am EDT
Visiting cemetaries is a beautiful, solemn experience, a way for us to recognize and pay tribute. The reason for this particular cemetary, that appalling war that sacrificed almost half of the nation's population and decimated our lands, always feels like a knife turning in my side. We must never forget the lessons of love and hatred learned from that event, and hopefully pledge our lives to honoring these fallen soldiers by choosing love.
I've always felt a very strong draw toward that time period. I've been honored to be able to visit a few of the cemetaries.

This was beautiful and took me back to what I'd been able to experience in the past. Thank you.
barb w. Apr 16, 2007, 7:36pm EDT
Can't help but think of them as individuals with wives, children and mothers who waited for them to come home safe. Thank you, Debbie.
M.K. Mueller Apr 18, 2007, 10:52am EDT
Nice. I've never really been down south.
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Apr 22, 2007, 9:31pm EDT
They didn't leave me much to say. I echo the sentiments those before me have expressed, and add that I am envious of your ability to capture the feeling in photographs. Very nice.
Granny Janny H. Apr 23, 2007, 12:52am EDT
Pictures and words evoke the sadness that will last
May our united states hold together fast
And never repeat the tragedy of the past
Sophiya S. Apr 24, 2007, 12:55pm EDT
nice
Sumona M. Apr 27, 2007, 4:06am EDT
The photographs are so real and vibrant. Great work!
Don(time to open them FEMA camps) S. Dec 18, 2007, 10:16pm EST
Neat thxs.

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