ceremonial dedication of two previously-unmarked
civil war veterans' graves
saturday, may 7, 2016
2:00 p.m.
Civil War Monument in the Table Rock Cemetery, dedicated in 1903 by the Grand Army of the Republic and its auxiliary, the Woman's Relief Corps. The G.A.R. was an organization of Union veterans.
Remnants of the tombstone of Private Henry Mumford, who died in 1877
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the CEREMONIAL DEDICATION OF THE NEWLY-MARKED GRAVES OF private henry mumford and musician wilber d. perryAfter the meal, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the First Nebraska reenactors will conduct a formal ceremony to dedicate the tombstones at the previously-unmarked graves of two Civil War veterans.
Private Henry Mumford of the First Nebraska died in 1877. His grave was marked by a private stone that had fallen into small pieces until the first funds from this Civil War project were used to install a military headstone. Musician Wilber D. Perry of the 10th West Virginia Infantry was a drummer. He survived two years as a prisoner of war. His grave was unmarked; any private marker had disappeared long long ago. It was the state of Private Mumford's grave that led to this fundraising project. The project is to raise money to install military tombstones at unmarked graves, and bronze flag markers (which hold small flags) at all graves. |
who benefits?where the heck is table rock, nebraska?Table Rock is halfway between Pawnee City and Humboldt. It is about 75 miles south of Lincoln and 90 miles south of Omaha. It is at the intersection of Highways 4 and 65.
more ab0ut the groups who are participatingAbout the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War |
2nd Lt. Adam Allinson, 115th Illinois Infantry
Eli Boone, 1st Ohio Cavalry. He came here with fellow Civil War veterans John Shaw & Joseph Pepoon. He had a beautiful singing voice.
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Gold. He was at Chancellorsville & Gettysburg, with the 153rd Pennsylvania.
Confederate Captain R. P. Jennings of the 23rd Virginia Infantry. He enlisted as a private before he turned 16, was in Stonewall Jackson's Brigade and in many major battles. In a gesture of respect, the G.A.R. and Women's Relief Corps attended his funeral in a body.
Owen Crisler, 154th Illinois Infantry
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About the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
about the reenactors who will participate
Read more about the men buried in Table Rock:
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Groom on the left. He was with the 47th Illinois Infantry.
Tilman Edwards family. He was with the 9th Missouri Cavalry and 61st Missouri Infantry
Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Longwell. He was with the 12th Ohio Cavalry. He died in a hurricane in Corpus Cristi, Texas in 1919.