Here lies a gallant "Son of the South," who sacrificed his life to defend Confederate homes, families and values. He gave up his "tomorrow," so that his descendants might have their "today."
Note: Samuel C. Cashion's wife, Marticia Ann (aka Martisha, "Martha") Shelton Cashion, was the daughter of Jesse and Malinda Pillow Shelton. She married twice (1) Samuel C. Cashion; they had five children: Thomas J., Medora O., Victoria Elizabeth, James M. and Sam Ella CASHION, and after Samuel died in the Civil War (2) William T. "Bill" Shelton; they had three children: Edward, Ada and Walter Cleveland SHELTON before they divorced.
THE SOLDIERS GRAVE BY PEARL RIVERS
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground.
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest.
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum.
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God.
Note: Samuel C. Cashion's wife, Marticia Ann (aka Martisha, "Martha") Shelton Cashion, was the daughter of Jesse and Malinda Pillow Shelton. She married twice (1) Samuel C. Cashion; they had five children: Thomas J., Medora O., Victoria Elizabeth, James M. and Sam Ella CASHION, and after Samuel died in the Civil War (2) William T. "Bill" Shelton; they had three children: Edward, Ada and Walter Cleveland SHELTON before they divorced.
THE SOLDIERS GRAVE BY PEARL RIVERS
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground.
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest.
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum.
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God.
Here lies a gallant "Son of the South," who sacrificed his life to defend Confederate homes, families and values. He gave up his "tomorrow," so that his descendants might have their "today."
Note: Samuel C. Cashion's wife, Marticia Ann (aka Martisha, "Martha") Shelton Cashion, was the daughter of Jesse and Malinda Pillow Shelton. She married twice (1) Samuel C. Cashion; they had five children: Thomas J., Medora O., Victoria Elizabeth, James M. and Sam Ella CASHION, and after Samuel died in the Civil War (2) William T. "Bill" Shelton; they had three children: Edward, Ada and Walter Cleveland SHELTON before they divorced.
THE SOLDIERS GRAVE BY PEARL RIVERS
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground.
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest.
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum.
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God.
Note: Samuel C. Cashion's wife, Marticia Ann (aka Martisha, "Martha") Shelton Cashion, was the daughter of Jesse and Malinda Pillow Shelton. She married twice (1) Samuel C. Cashion; they had five children: Thomas J., Medora O., Victoria Elizabeth, James M. and Sam Ella CASHION, and after Samuel died in the Civil War (2) William T. "Bill" Shelton; they had three children: Edward, Ada and Walter Cleveland SHELTON before they divorced.
THE SOLDIERS GRAVE BY PEARL RIVERS
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground.
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest.
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum.
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God.
Inscription
G 53rd INF (Tennessee)
Gravesite Details
Died as a Confederate Prisoner of War at Camp Morton, originally interred at Green Lawn Cemetery (Confederate Section), but reinterred in 1933 in a mass grave of 1616 Confederate POW'S at Crown Hill.
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