Simon W. Bingham, a private in the 31st Mississippi Regiment, who died June 22, 1864, at age 42.Simon W. Bingham died at Camp Watts, AL. Camp Watts was a Confederate cemetery, a camp of conscription, a camp of instruction, a supply depot, and the site of a hospital during the War for Southern Independence. The Camp Watts Cemetery is located about a mile and a half south of Notasulga, Alabama, on the west side of Macon County Road Number 52 on property now owned by Arnold Umbach.
Today, there are only two marked graves left at the site. One grave bears the marker of "Col. George Weedon Arnold, 50th Ala. Inf., CSA, Aug. 12, 1840, to Aug. 6, 1864." The original marker for the Arnold grave was broken and leans against a tree. The marker that replaced the original is set at the end of Col. Arnold's grave.
A newer monument marks another grave beside Arnold's. The newer marker was set in memory of Simon W. Bingham. Private Bingham's marker was placed on an unknown grave in 1997
Today, there are only two marked graves left at the site. One grave bears the marker of "Col. George Weedon Arnold, 50th Ala. Inf., CSA, Aug. 12, 1840, to Aug. 6, 1864." The original marker for the Arnold grave was broken and leans against a tree. The marker that replaced the original is set at the end of Col. Arnold's grave.
A newer monument marks another grave beside Arnold's. The newer marker was set in memory of Simon W. Bingham. Private Bingham's marker was placed on an unknown grave in 1997
Simon W. Bingham, a private in the 31st Mississippi Regiment, who died June 22, 1864, at age 42.Simon W. Bingham died at Camp Watts, AL. Camp Watts was a Confederate cemetery, a camp of conscription, a camp of instruction, a supply depot, and the site of a hospital during the War for Southern Independence. The Camp Watts Cemetery is located about a mile and a half south of Notasulga, Alabama, on the west side of Macon County Road Number 52 on property now owned by Arnold Umbach.
Today, there are only two marked graves left at the site. One grave bears the marker of "Col. George Weedon Arnold, 50th Ala. Inf., CSA, Aug. 12, 1840, to Aug. 6, 1864." The original marker for the Arnold grave was broken and leans against a tree. The marker that replaced the original is set at the end of Col. Arnold's grave.
A newer monument marks another grave beside Arnold's. The newer marker was set in memory of Simon W. Bingham. Private Bingham's marker was placed on an unknown grave in 1997
Today, there are only two marked graves left at the site. One grave bears the marker of "Col. George Weedon Arnold, 50th Ala. Inf., CSA, Aug. 12, 1840, to Aug. 6, 1864." The original marker for the Arnold grave was broken and leans against a tree. The marker that replaced the original is set at the end of Col. Arnold's grave.
A newer monument marks another grave beside Arnold's. The newer marker was set in memory of Simon W. Bingham. Private Bingham's marker was placed on an unknown grave in 1997
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