Interesting, never heard of it before. In this county, they're lucky if they're
still leaning at all.
From: VinceKoers(a)aol.com
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:28:19 -0500
To: INPCRP(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [INPCRP] Confederate Soldiers' headstones
We recently stumbled upon an older Associated Press story circa 2003 that
told of a Tennessee Confederate soldier who had died in northern Ohio and
had laid unidentified in a grave near Bryan, Ohio, for 90 years, when a
descendent discovered his southern service, and his Confederate grave marker was
arranged for, and set "in a particular way..."
His relative, Rosie Alexander, was quoted as saying that "no matter where
in the cemetery the stone is situated, it is to lean toward the south."
We thought that was interesting, and wondered if this was a generally
accepted sentiment?
Vince
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