Historical Marker
Camp Moore #3
Tangipahoa, Tangipahoa County · Louisiana
Nobody knows how many men lie here. Estimates run from 100 to 800 graves, and the 150 gravestones set later do not necessarily mark exact burials. More than 400 soldiers died at the camp, mostly of disease, including a measles epidemic in 1862. Veterans and a United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter reclaimed the neglected ground in 1903. Disease, not battle, filled this cemetery, and the monument that followed belongs to the Lost Cause tradition of honoring Confederate dead while passing over that they fought to keep people enslaved.
Where it stands
30.88540, -90.50953 · Directions
More markers nearby
- Camp Moore — steps away
- Camp Moore Confederate Soldiers Memorial — steps away
- Camp Moore #5 — steps away
- Camp Moore #4 — steps away