Leesburg Magazine ~ The 17th Mississippi Winters at Morven Park In Memoriam

The 17th Mississippi Winters at Morven Park ~ In Memoriam

by Gary Dickens	May, 2010	Page 1	Page 2	Slide Show	In Memoriam



In the late summer of 1861 it became apparent to the citizens of Leesburg that they would have Confederate casualties that would need to be buried and this section of 24 plots was designated in Union Cemetery for this purpose. The muster rolls of the 17th Mississippi Regiment record that in August two soldiers died of disease and were buried in Union Cemetery with another 19 dying from disease in September. In October three soldiers died during the Battle of Ball's Bluff, a fourth wounded in the leg who would die on November 30th. Throughout the winter of '61-'62 another 11 men would die of disease bringing the total to 36 men of the 17th buried in Union Cemetery. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mscivilw/17thms.htm


The second section in Union Cemetery opened for Confederate casualties in the Leesburg area. Both Virginians and Mississippians are buried here, the west panel of the monument identifies the regiments.


The south panel of the monument: "To the unknown Confederate dead who lie near this monument and to the many noble sons of Loudoun who fell and were left on the field of battle."