Col. E.T. Stackhouse Camp 1576 Sons of Confederate Veterans Hosts Cemetery Cleanup Challenge

Recently, the Col. E.T. Stackhouse Camp 1576 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans hosted the annual cemetery cleanup challenge.  This is a statewide challenge and is broken up into 10 Brigades. The Stackhouse Camp had help from seven other camps of the 7th Brigade, with a total of 50 members, all helping to clean this cemetery.  The cemetery is located on Stateline Road and is on about a one acre of land. There are over 100 Graves in this cemetery 18 of which are confirmed Confederate Veterans. Of these 18 Veterans,  14 were Privates, one was a Sergeant,  one was Corporal, one was a Captain and one was a Sailor. At the end of the day, a memorial service was given for the veterans.  (Contributed)

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