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| Keywords: Maj Rice Graves Monument2.jpg Military grave marker for Major Rice E Graves Jr erected on the anniversary of his death in 1996 by members of the General Ben Hardin Helm SCV Camp in the center of the Ringgold cemetery Little was recorded of Maj Graves after the first night at the field hospital but it is thought that he lived longer than hours after his wounding Apparently he was still alive when Breckinridge's troops left the area or else his body would have been transported along with Gen Helm to Atlanta for burial There were several hospitals set up in the nearby town Ringgold and he most likely perished in one of them a day or two later He was buried in the Citizen's Cemetery in Ringgold Sadly the exact burial location of Maj Graves was lost through the years Transferred from http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User Wouterhagens using http //tools wikimedia de/~magnus/commonshelper php CommonsHelper 2010-06-10 Original uploader was Bsmeathers at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia Released into the public domain by the author en wikipedia Bsmeathers Original upload log page en wikipedia Maj_Rice_Graves_Monument2 jpg 2010-06-10 02 25 Bsmeathers 201×300× 15195 bytes <nowiki>Military grave marker for Major Rice E Graves Jr erected on the anniversary of his death in 1996 by members of the General Ben Hardin Helm SCV Camp in the center of the Ringgold cemetery Little was recorded of Maj Graves after the first night at th</nowiki> Rice E Graves Jr | ||||
