33rd alabama volunteers
On November 4, 1862, seventeen
men of the 33rd Alabama Infantry lost their lives in the line of duty.
In a freak railroad accident near Cleveland, TN, perished when the
box car in which they were riding came loose, throwing them from the
car when it derailed. Struck by another box car, the men were through
from the car, some pinned underneath, some pinned inside. A mass grave
beside the railroads where they perished served as their only monument
until the above marker was erected on November 4, 1989... more than
100 years after their deaths.
In Memory
The 33rd Ala. Volunteers
Who Died Nov. 4, 1862
In A Train Wreck
South of Cleveland,
Enroute to Chattanooga
The 33rd Ala. Volunteers
Who Died Nov. 4, 1862
In A Train Wreck
South of Cleveland,
Enroute to Chattanooga
Capt. R. J. Cooper
Lt Charles Scott
Wm. M. Watson
Dedicated Nov. 4, 1989
Lt Charles Scott
Wm. M. Watson
- A. Pritchard
- M. Broxton
- Chandler
- Z. Nichols
Dedicated Nov. 4, 1989
Cleveland, Tenn, Nov. 7, 1862
The following is a list of
the killed on the train on the Cleveland and Chattanooga Railroad
on the evening of the 4th inst., all of whom are buried at Cleveland.,
Bradley, County, Tenn. There are about 70 wounded, who are at the
hospitals at this place, receiving all the attention that a well organized
corps of army surgeons can give them: 33rd Regiment Alabama Volunteers
Captain R. G. Cooper, Co. G; Private T. A. Pritchard, M. Noblin, L.
M. Bush, John Hughes, L. G. Lewis, Wm. M. Watson, O. M. Broxton, H.
Clark (died 6th), B. Lloyd, Co. H; Wm. M. Smith, G. L. Smith, T. Z.
Nichols, Z. Chandler, Edward Nix, Co. C; Clinton Evans, Lieut. Scott,
Co. E.
©1999-2004, Mildred Stinson
Brown
- L. Smith
Edw. Nix
- M. Bush
- G. Lewis
- Clark
- Noblin
- Lloyd