"Sue Mundy's" Grave
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N 36° 43.619 W 086° 34.663
16S E 537707 N 4064669
"Sue Mundy's" gravesite historical marker.
Waymark Code: WM1TR1
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2007
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Marcellus Jerome Clarke enlisted in the Confederate Army, 1861, at age 17. Attached to Morgan's Cavalry in 1863. Captured on March 12, 1865, taken to Louisville, hanged three days later, court-martialed as guerrilla "Sue Mundy." His last words: "I believe in and die for the Confederate cause." In 1865 body brought here, reburied 1914 two blocks east by CSA veterans.
Marker Name: "Sue Mundy's" Grave
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number (for official markers): 562
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: Kentucky Historical Society
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