Inscriptions
The inscription on the front reads:
WILSON P. LILLY
REV. SHERWOOD HATLEY
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
OCTOBER 25, 1864
ROBBED OF THE GLORY OF DEATH ON THE FIELD
OF BATTLE BY STEPHEN G. BURBRIDGE WHO
ORDERED THEM SHOT WITHOUT CAUSE OR TRIAL
ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FOUR MARTYRS BY THE
ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON CHAPTER
D.O.C. OF LOUISVILLE, KY. JUNE 11, 1904
MARTYRS
While on the back it reads:
WILSON P. LILLY.
SHERWOOD HATLEY.
LINDSAY DUKE BUCKNER.
M. BLINCOE.
BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH.
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