Nathan Bedford Forrest Project
Monument to James Cox - Oxford
Cemetery
/
Ely B Beard - Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
BY NAME &
CEMETERY
Name Index by Alpha Index order:
Name Index - Alpha Order
Name Index by Presentation order:
Name Index - Listing Order
by Cemetery/Name
BY CEMETERY ONLY
Cemetery Index by Alpha Index order:
Cemetery Index Only - Alpha Order
Cemetery Index by Presentation order:
Cemetery Index Only - Listing Order
Choose an Alpha listing of the cemeteries where these soldiers can be found or go to the listing sorted by Name or by Cemetery as presented.
Mission: Providing a
Photo/GPS Locator Coordinates of the Graves/Monuments of as many Confederate Soldiers - as
possible considering many soldiers died in battle without monuments and should
be recognized. The blood of these gentleman & women courses gently in our
veins to remind us that they stood against history for a cause they believed was
right.
URL to ACME Mapper 2.0 for Capturing the location of GPS coordinates:
http://mapper.acme.com/
Some knowledge on converting the various methods
of depicting a GPS reading. Take a
typical reading such as this: N 35.29.48 by W.86.54.30. First convert it to
this format: [ N 35 29' 48", W 86 54' 30" ]. This makes ACME Mapper 2.0 and
other GPS programs work for you to find for example Joe Gipson's grave shown
here. However if you are
running the ACME Mapper program in decimal mode (the most detailed format) do this to convert
over: Operate on each numeral separately - from right to left - first use N
(north) number and start on the 48 (of 35 29 48) and divide the 48/60 = .800 then add the 29
and .8 to get 29.80. Next divide that 29.80 by 60 to equal .49667. Next add the
result to the 35 to become 35.49667. That is the Latitude completed. Now do the W
(west) or longitude by dividing the 30
by 60 and adding the result to the 54 to become 54.50. Now divide that 54.50/60
to get .908333 and add this to the 86 to get 86.90833. Don't forget in some
programs you must add a
minus sign before the longitude or you will land somewhere in China. The final result
is 35.49667 X -86.908333. This decimal format is the best one for accuracy as it
takes you to within about 5 feet of the exact spot assuming there are no
distortions in your satellite signal. You math whizzes can now see that to
convert by going the other way one would just multiply by 60 and separate the
result from the decimal
for each of the three fields of each of the Lat. & Long. codes. (C. Wayne Austin 23 Oct 2013.)
As organized &
conducted by Wes Pullen within a
specific unit of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Programming as needed by C. Wayne
Austin 1 Nov 2013.