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Overgrown Grave of an Arkansas Soldier

While roaming the overgrown cemetery of Providence Methodist Church near Lumpkin, Georgia, I noticed the grave of a soldier from Company A, 3rd Arkansas Infantry.

Robert Worthington enlisted in Company A in 1862 and was paroled at Albany, Georgia, in May of 1865. Several other Confederate soldiers from his family are also buried at Providence, but his grave was the only one with an Arkansas unit designation.

Because someone here may list him as an ancestor, I snapped a photo of his headstone and posted it online at http://civilwararkansas.blogspot.com. Feel free to snag if from there if you want it or you can contact me for a higher resolution copy if you need one.

Dale Cox