47^TH MISSOURI INFANTRY REGIMENT

 

MEN OF THE 47^TH MISSOURI INFANTRY BURIED AT THE 
        STONES RIVER BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL CEMETERY
                                                 MURFREESBORO TENNESSEE

After the war the United States Government paid to have the remains of Union Soldiers who died and were buried where they died moved to the closest National Cemetery.  The 47^th Missouri Infantry have men buried at Stones River National Cemetery, Nashville National Cemetery, Mound City National Cemetery and Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.  These men are some of the ones who died while in Tennessee guarding bridges near Spring Hill, Columbia, Pulaski and Farmington. 

 

LEASBURG, MISSOURI