Confederate Cemetery

West End Cemetery in Qolquitt GA has caught my eye on numerous occasions. From the road it is obvious this cemetery has been around for a long time. Weathered head stones, large Southern Oak's draped with Spanish moss, Iron fences surrounding each family plot, Magnolia trees that reach for the ground....only this time I had to stop. What caught my eye was the number of graves marked with a confederate flag. Now we are in the south mind you, however those times have passed. I have seen American flags on graves indicating a war veteran and have posted those photographs on prior postings, but never a confederate flag. I have sense learned this cemetery is a Civil War Cemetery containing numerous war causalities and 17 confederate "unknown soldiers". Apparently they traveled by train to Colquittt and their death remains a mystery. A mystery because there was no battle in the vicinity, and no medical records indicating cause of death...Disease was the most common "non war" cause of death and the most likely fate of these confederate soldiers...The following photographs are of this Cemetery. The experience was eye opening as I stood alone, looking at angles, wind blowing the flags and spanish moss, providing a ghostly sound as they rattled the air.