Unknown Soldier
Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas
Marker Inscription
In this grave, the first in Morris Cemetery, lies a Confederate soldier. On his way home at the end of the war, and very ill, he stopped at the William Morris home, near here. There he died, without revealing his name.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This grave, the first in Morris Cemetery, holds a Confederate soldier whose name was never known. Making his way home at the war's end and gravely ill, he stopped at the nearby William Morris home, where he died before he could tell anyone who he was. He was buried here, an anonymous casualty of a conflict that claimed hundreds of thousands.
Why it matters
The unknown soldier's grave gives a human face to the Civil War's vast toll, standing for the many who died far from home and were mourned without a name.
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