Civil War soldier gets marker 'correction'

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Sunday, June 22, 2003 | Mark Houser

[Willie Green]

Eugene Zebulon Hall finally had a proper burial, 139 years after his death.

Descendants of the Civil War-era soldier gathered Saturday in Allegheny Cemetery in Lawrenceville to dedicate a new tombstone correcting a stonemason's error from long ago.

Hall, a sergeant in the 20th Michigan Infantry during the Civil War, died of gangrene from a leg wound suffered June 2, 1864, before the Battle of Petersburg, Va.

[Willie Green]

You may view pictures of Sergeant Hall and the ceremony at the Tribune-Review website.

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In Cooperstown, NY, there is a very large (30"x50"?) grave for (IIRC) James Fenimore Cooper's wife with a long inscription the last line of which reads (IIRC):

	a
and for these our g	rt	eful tears they hallowed shrine.

(with a "^" under the "a").

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FYI

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Lots of old graves hereabouts have similar corrections. Wonder if the buyer got a rebate for corrections?

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Eugene Zebulon Hall

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If you ever get to Pittsburgh, I recommend a visit to the GAR plot at Allegheny Cemetery. It is a beautiful spot. I grew up in the neighborhood and it was the spot where the neighborhood Memorial Day parade ended each year with ceremonies, prayers and a 21 gun salute. There are BTW about a half dozen Confederate vets buried there as well.