OSCEOLA CEMETERY DURING THE CIVIL WAR

From the book "Bitter Ground" by Kathleen White Miles

In the older part of the Osceola Cemetery, according to John Mills, there is a space, possibly as large as an acre and one-half in which there are no markers, other than field stones.

Mr. Mills says he was told by Dr. Ruth Seevers that during the Civil War a large number of soldiers were buried in this section but if records were kept, they were lost. There are no tombstones (there was no money or time for them during the war at Osceola). Because of this, the Osceola Cemetery Association will not permit burials today in this section of the cemetery.