182 YEAR OLD ALABAMA PLANTATION CEMETERY AND HOUSE | IHAGEE PLANTATION

EXPLORING THE IHAGEE PLANTATION CEMETERY

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

TO EVERYONE NEW TO THE CHANNEL, PART 2 IS HERE - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6LIlpWFaL-tf8U Amazing cemetery here. Lots of pre-War graves. I wish I knew more about this place but didn’t find much before filming. Stay tuned for part 2. PayPal Tip Jar: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Follow me on my old farm: kzbin.info/door/56vh2L-M0czmoTRLhSMaxg eBay Shop: ebay.com/usr/sidestep-adventures-official Join The Official Sidestep Adventures Fan Group: facebook.com/groups/561758371276581/?ref=share_group_link Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures Mail: Sidestep Adventures PO BOX 206 Waverly Hall, Georgia 31831

[@scottdawgsfan7516]

I’ve driven by that plantation numerous times and never knew the cemetery was back there. Thanks for sharing this guys.

[@ivesort9677]

Have you reported this find to the personnel at the Alabama Archives.? Very important genealogical information is included in this find. Perhaps some local person could document the information on Find A Grave too. I'm so sorry that my age keeps me from going there to document the information. Thank you for posting this find.

[@SondraD7676]

Very interesting trip. I was not expecting a cemetery find. Many of the tombstones are of the best quality and design. I have seen the upside down torches a few times, but never realized the degree of meaning. --- The inverted torch symbolizes life in the next realm or a life extinguished. A lit torch represents life, immortality and the everlasting life. Conversely, an inverted torch represents death or the passing of the soul into the next life. Modern life has lost such meaningful symbols. Excellent video, loved Scott and Dan along. 👍👍❣️❣️

[@marypettitt9150]

Thanks for sharing the torch insights.

[@rustyshaklefort8563]

A few months ago i found a cemetery with tombstones from 1800s. Weird thing is there is about five graves marked " UNKNOWN" from around 1800s im assuming

[@SondraD7676]

@@rustyshaklefort8563 That is weird, I wonder if they died by some accident or at the same time and were passing through the area, and no one knew their names? Mystery for sure.

[@rustyshaklefort8563]

@@SondraD7676If I recall they werent all in the same spot. They were kinda scattered but they were among the older headstones. I would have thought they would at least put the date of death. There is a movie called "The good,the bad, and the ugly". Clint Eastwood western. Its about buried civil war treasure. Not to spoil it but UNKOWN was were it was at lol

[@SondraD7676]

@@rustyshaklefort8563 LOL!! start digging!!

[@diannacatesdunn]

The State of Alabama will hopefully recognize the amazing history contained in this old family cemetery. (This from a woman in Colorado! HAH!) The special details of both history and beauty would be a handsome jewel in the Alabama State crown. Thanks to you Sidestep Adventures for capturing a bit of this amazing history.

[@jameswhite8968]

I live in dozier Alabama. Pop. 320! Lots of old churches lots of cemetery and stagecoach trails!

[@fermisparadox01]

@@jameswhite8968 ever metal detect the stagecoach trails ?

[@drhyshek]

The state doesn’t do it. Someone has to contact the historical society.

[@nelliesfarm8473]

Wouldn't count on it...the state of Alabama only cares about money.

[@simplysoutherncooking7154]

I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed watching this episode. So much history there. It's so sad to see how many children died so young. You are doing a great thing bringing the memory of long forgotten souls back to light. I often wondered how they lived and died. When you think about it, they lived every day much as we do today; living, loving, and dying, through good times and bad. My best to you and all who help you with this channel.

[@Diwondermum]

The beauty of that cemetery is amazing…. As Mr. Dan rightly stated it’s a shame that it’s not restored or looked after. It could be a good project if you weren’t so far away…. Great video Robert!

[@AuntMaryNC]

That fallen Rebel soldier was most likely shipped home from Chickamauga by my Great, Great, Grandfather, W.R. Cornelius who was the undertaker for both the Union and the Confederacy. He had offices in Nashville and in North Alabama. I enjoy the history and appreciate you showing these hidden treasures.

[@bertvosburg558]

Lt. Andrew Jackson Calhoun 10/15/1836 - 10/8/1863. 26 years Young. missed his 27th b-day by one week. The battle of Chickamauga was fought in N.W. Georgia on September 18th - 20th. Lt Calhoun dying on October 8th means he lived another three weeks so he potentially could've traveled home during that three weeks.

[@barb7188]

What a wonderful find! Ralph Owens Howard is my 8th cousin 6 times removed. I didn't realize that I had any family that had immigrated to the Southern part of the Country. Another link in my family tree! Thank you for finding these graves and remembering them!

[@dbw825]

Any relatives that live closer to the cemetery that you could contact to inform them of the necessity of helping to clean some of the area? Maybe a family reunion?

[@barb7188]

@@dbw825 I sure do wish I knew of relatives who live close to the cemetery. 6th cousin 8th times removed is a long way back there! I live in Idaho, but it would be wonderful to be there to help with the care and restoration of those old cemetery's. I'm truly thankful for the dedication in helping preserve and remember these old places.

[@AnnetteTurner-b2w]

Ancestry DNA will help find those lost just spit mail & boy will you find them!!

[@bunnymomjulie6719]

Precisely why they do what they do. They read the stones aloud so they can be put in Ancestry and FindAGrave so they can be found.

[@connieo3618]

What an amazing project for a scout troop to clean up this cemetery and put it in some type of order. So interesting!

[@joielaw-montgomery7250]

I was ticked purple to see you all back doing cemetery videos !! The history of them just amazes me. Not sure if any one posted about the connection of the Howards and Calhouns. . .Ralph Owens Howard was married to Euphemia Calhoun, who is my 5th cousin. . .the family tree shows they had 10 children together. . .thanks so much for all you guys do. . .be safe and watch out for them ants. . .they don't play fair !!

[@deannespeer3477]

Robert, ants are no joke😉 carry a spray bottle of vinegar and blue dawn dish soap, to spray on you and your clothing. Will kill the ants and stop the sting from bites

[@steffl8562]

so sad...

[@jodiutley7292]

Carry a broom 🧹 and small spade to clean them off

[@collins5038]

Hopefully the state of Alabama or an Alabama Historical Society will clean this cemetery up and record the information. Finding an old cemetery is an important find.

[@richdiscoveries]

I think you ended it perfectly, extremely impressive piece of history. Would be nice if somebody bought it and maintained it, continued it's legacy. But time will tell

[@DeadbyDaylightDUO]

Great video!!! Cemetery is fabulous! I can’t believe how well preserved those headstones are! Will you be uploading another video on the plantation house and the slave cemetery? I truly hope whomever buys that property will upkeep the house and cemeteries! History definitely needs to be preserved for future generations. ❤

[@bettyboop4263]

Cleaning up that old cemetery would make a wonderful community service project. These old cemetery's are fascinating🌸

[@lornahardin4563]

I agree, as it has so many graves that need remembered, and they are in pretty good condition.

[@iriepoetryinmotion5141]

Great idea

[@andycrocker3629]

Im in Opelika Alabama and have friends that volunteer cleaning these old cemeteries that are grown up

[@detangers]

Wow. This is Amazing. Sure would love to know what slaves they have buried there. We still looking for some of ours folks.

[@janiceud]

A chainsaw and some D2 would make world of difference. I love old cemeteries and hate to see them unkempt.

[@jbaker7311]

Thank you Robert and friends for your kindness in remembering these forgotten folks.. This cemetery is truly a treasure just waiting for someone to bring it back to it's former glory. In it's day it must have been beautiful.

[@sherryblanton2029]

I agree.Those stones were not cheap and were Very Well Done! A Lot of Love and treasured memories are In that place, kept alive by the occasional mention of a name or the retelling of a mostly forgotten adventure of someone who lies there, just below the roots of trees and grass.

[@doloresvelez3243]

You never fail to amaze. (Grandpa always said , bring a broom.) Thank you for what you do.

[@danakline1834]

What am amazing cemetery and plantation. Thanks so much!

[@sherrilee230]

That. Civil War officer was a real find. I hope they clean up the rest of the brush and make it beautiful again. Thank you guys for sharing

[@susanbellefeuille]

How very interesting! I hope someone continues to clean it up because it is truly a historical place. Thanks for sharing.

[@morecm3322]

So important to maintain our historic sites. I sincerely hope the historical society will get funding to restore this beautiful cemetery and home. It is so important to learn from our past .

[@deniseoftedahl8937]

Incredible place! Always sad to see them neglected, especially a Veterans grave. Those always get me. Thanks for the trip, can't wait for part 2!

[@scottweeks6379]

I am from and live in South Carolina. I live about 56 miles from Abbeville South Carolina and Calhoun Falls is not far from Abbeville. It immediately caught my attention when you read the memorial marker stating that the gentleman buried there was from Abbeville.....Thanks for posting this!

[@stephenfails7128]

No doubt a relative of John C. Calhoun. Very interesting to see how people migrated and settled back then.

[@OneWayDesigns]

I too live in SC, actually not very far from Abbeville and Calhoun Falls. I'm sure they're all related in some form.

[@donnalothes7085]

I have always wondered why these cemeteries end up like this. It is such a crying shame they end up so neglected. I winder how the people buried there would feel if they knew.

[@robertburns3014]

I think the situation of the neglected cemeteries like this old one in Alabama arises when the members of the family die off or move away, the property is eventually sold and the new owners don't have a burden for taking care of the cemetery.

[@glasshalffull2930]

My grandfather, a peanut farmer in Virginia, had our family plot on one of his farm properties. Nothing ornate like this. Poured cement markers and most had no inscription. The family ended up selling the property and I recommended having a perpetual easement recorded so the family would always be able to visit the graves.

[@suzannelacy8093]

Donna , They are probably turning in their graves to see the ancestors of their black slaves wearing shoes and nice clothes . Good luck 🍀 from the Republic of Ireland .

[@Dusk1962]

@@suzannelacy8093 highly likely. Its probable the families died off.

[@glasshalffull2930]

@@suzannelacy8093 Always nice to hear from the inventors of kneecapping, whiskey and blood feuds.

[@shellydehart8217]

26:54 You crossed over to my side of my family…. Alabama. What a expressive cemetery this was. I couldn’t get over all the beautiful monuments n how large this cemetery was. I have to agree with Mr. Dan, hopefully someone will take the interest in cleaning it up. This is part of history. It deserves to be recognized. I was also expressed with the edging that they used. Can you imagine how grand this cemetery once was with all those beautiful head stones n the wrought iron fence around it. I just don’t understand why they let them go n deteriorate to the ground. It’s so sad. The plantation home was definitely large n beautiful. It looked like parts of it is deteriorating too. Wish I was at that estate sale. I would of loved to have a few pieces of this part of history. Like always I’m a day late n dollar short. Thanks Robert, Mr. Dan n Scott for taking us along to a amazing place amazing history. ♥️♥️♥️♥️😊👍👍👍🌟

[@donnaoglesby1278]

Amazing cemetery, that, like you Robert, I pray someone that takes over the home, will also find it in their hearts to also care for all those laying in this cemetery and clean it up and care for it as well. I have a lot of Howard in not only my own family, but on my one half brothers father's side of the family, both sides, from both family lines, coming from Kentucky. Thank you, Dan and Scott for coming here and documenting all whom lay here. Very Much appreciated.

[@sheraven1]

I just love old cemeteries! So much lost history. It was so sad to see the photographs at the estate sale. As a photographer, It breaks my heart when I see old photographs and no family to pass them on to….and old neglected cemeteries where no one has been to clean them up…

[@bettierusso5410]

God Bless you, Robert!! Please get in touch with the local United Daughters of the Confederacy and the local Sons of Confederate Veterans to get down there and clean it up. The Confederate veterans will clean off the graves and tend to Lieutenant Andrew Jackson Calhoun and see they all get the respect they deserve. God will Bless you all for your devotion and TLC!!!

[@sarahgt1533]

Wow such a lovely find. I live in the UK and look after my ancestors graves. I never met most of them as they were long gone before I came along but feel the want and need to respect their memories. Once I have gone no one will look after them which I find very sad but thats how it is.

[@aprilmerdjan7829]

Well done. Yes not many people bother about the dearly departed. When you think how we grieve when they die and then with the passage of time they are forgotten.

[@dunkirchen1940]

Seriously one of my favorite channels on KZbin. I always wait with great anticipation your latest video. Keep up the great work!

[@suelamkin3004]

Interesting video. I have a music box just like the one in the plantation house. It’s German or possibly Dutch in origin. It still plays the 12 airs on the cylinder and I love to crank it occasionally. It’s about 200 years old if my information is correct. It’s been in my husband’s family for generations. History is a fascinating thing. Thanks to the gang for sharing.

[@giancolabird]

Allways interested in the history of the original family and how they survived.

[@shardunc5187]

I absolutely love your video's keep up the good work.

[@lornahardin4563]

It is heartbreaking to me to see the beautiful historic plantation home as it is, and the cemetery of the early families all just being lost. The slave cabin (I'm guessing) is a piece of early history (not good, but history all the same), and the entire plantation should be preserved. Thank you for the tour, it was wonderful to see this.

[@bettyhudson979]

The only thing I can think about when I see a slave cabin is how my forefathers suffered under a chattel brute system in America. I know you’re we can’t live in the past but we need to recognize the injustices of America’s history

[@lornahardin4563]

@@bettyhudson979 I am truly sorry about all the families from those terrible times, but it is history and no history deserves to be "forgotten" as many died fighting to stop the slavery in America. I think history is meant to learn from and build a better America. Slavery still exists in other countries but not here. Be proud of who you are because of your ancestors.

[@firecracker4151]

I thought it was the outside kitchen

[@lornahardin4563]

@@firecracker4151 It could be, but it was two rooms.

[@STho205]

@@lornahardin4563 that was common for detached kitchens.

[@bettytordoff8920]

What a great road trip. Thanks for taking us along. House and cemetery were really interesting.

[@theparrotrescuer3042]

Wow... that house is lovely...cool cemetery.. thanks Mr. Robert.

[@andrewowens9382]

Very interesting cemetery it must have been well kept and organised the house looks great too 👍 well done Robert and Scott and Dan all the best Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧

[@arleeparker5036]

Happy to come along on another cemetery documentation. Not happy about the neglect and trees fallen all over. I wonder if some people think cemeteries don't need lawn and garden care. Anyway thank you for what you do. From Minnesota

[@karenshepler7128]

What an amazing and beautiful house and cemetery. I hope someday it can be taken care of. Thank you for sharing this story with us and take care to all of you ...

[@kimmyles444]

Good project for a group to do some service type project like a scouting group, high school class, church group…to help clean up the brush covering the cemetery. Many times young people need projects or some kind of civil service or good deeds to join organizations such as the National Honor Society, gets badges of some type, or receive religious sacraments. Where I am from if the local news comes out usually folks will volunteer if someone organizes the project. I have myself done cemetery clean ups from finding out from our local news.

[@jeffplawrentz269]

What a beautiful house and cemetery. The cemetery salt glazed walkway edging is often called garden edging stones and I have heard it called "sewer tile" edging, made of glazed terra cotta. I'm looking forward to part 2 of this adventure! Thank you

[@brendahogue5487]

Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on. May the Lord bless and protect you and your friends

[@BaseK59]

From a newspaper clipping I found online at "Find A Grave" : "Lt. A. J. Calhoun of the 2nd Arkansas Regiment received a wound at the Battle of Chickamauga, which terminated his existence at Atlanta, on the 8th of October last (1863). He was about 27 years of age."

[@Dav3Campb3ll]

Very interesting area, great footage

[@doraanderson5222]

Hi this is my first time to see your Channel I am so excited about what you found I love vintage and old plantations and especially cemeteries that is so awesome and the tombs have been preserved for so many years very well that you still could read them I wish I was there with you to help you clean up the Cemetery cuz I love stuff like that well God bless you and thank you again till next video

[@jimmieloge575]

What a Remarkable video, I Love old cemeteries and it breaks my heart to see them in disarray. This last one you 3 guys went to was not so bad; so much history to be learned from doing what you guys do for all your viewers! Thanks to each one of you for putting forth your time and physical efforts so that we might learn Valuable Lessons!

[@barb7188]

His name was in Ancestry, that's how I found out I was related to him. I'm very thankful for them reading those names aloud so that we can find out how they fit into our family lines. I wish I lived closer so I could go and see that old plantation and cemetery. Maybe one day I'll be able to visit. Thanks again for all of your hard work in finding these old places!! I love this channel!

[@lisawilson1818]

Hopefully this cementry will get cleaned up so its preserved for many mor years.What beautiful old home.

[@albertkaltenbach6095]

Aswome video glad to see u doing grave yards again. An I too hope they keep taking care of this place

[@janecarolhogue3140]

Some locals need to get a mulcher and scoop all that brush and send it through the machine. Then have people sweep off the stones. Cemetery isn't too bad. Robert thank you for your video always enjoyable 👍👍👍

[@Mudhooks]

The stone for Ella that had fallen over and you righted must have fallen after May 2006. It is one of a number of recorded in the Find-A-Grave entries for this cemetery with is given as Howard Cemetery, Seale, Russell County, Alabama and noted as being beside the Howard Plantation. Several of the stones lying on the ground are shown and not covered with debris, also recorded in May 2006

[@kizzyjrjunior6520]

Love the road trips. Thank You

[@sherronbell4961]

Amazing cemetery in history, hopefully you'll revisit to look at the slave cemetery there too.

[@haroldcampbell3337]

I was interested in the grave of John L. Calhoun because John C. Calhoun was also from the Abbeville District of South Carolina. Curious about whether there was a connection, I did a search and found that John L. Calhoun's father was a first cousin to the famous John C. Calhoun.

[@loriweeks-norrie929]

You boys need a small broom on theses adventures. Love watching. ♥️

[@janetjones7880]

beautiful historic cemetery - sure needs some care

[@ellielizhavenofbless945]

Another great video , thanks for taking me a long. It's been helping my depression. I hope one day to get my kids and travel around in a RV just soaking in all the history of this country. And you know you have some really great and loving friends to help you swat off fire ants. Hope you didn't get bit up too bad . Those things don't tickle 🤗❤️

[@tksass9091]

O WOOOOW! This is definitely a step back n time for sure. Between the beautiful home to the beautiful old headstones-Absolutely breathtaking. Thank u Robert & boys for sharing this amazing old homestead. Love'n & appreciating these videos. Love & respect from Missouri ♥️💜

[@anngallegos5515]

Find A Grave had this info: Ihagee Plantation Home. "Ihagee" is interpreted as "Sandy Bottom Creek"and is based on the pictorial brook that flows through the property. Built cir. 1840-1842 by Ralph Owens Howard. The master architect was Patrick Ryan. The Howard Family Cemetery is located behind the home near a double row of pecan trees. There are four generations of Howard's and Calhoun's buried there. Permission must be granted to visit the cemetery. There are also pictures and names and dates on the stones.

[@barbararoberto1258]

Beautiful headstones glad someone found it great history thanks

[@sharonc9552]

Love your enthusiasm. ....your heartfelt respect....thank you guys 😉🌷

[@SmellyMellyization]

Thank you for showing us this. It was so interesting!

[@dreamseer7]

as a kid, I knelt in a fire ant nest. I wasn't so calm about that. I remember screaming, shedding clothes, and rolling on the ground while I was bitten all over. Kudos Robert. ;)

[@annemarierowe6967]

Wow thanks for bringing their forgotten souls to life and YES people having or wanting to do community service great idea

[@user-randi1987]

Great adventure and video. Must have been a very nice cemetery when it was kept up. Looks like it was well laid out and had a lot of very nice headstones. Thank you for sharing

[@genemaverick5705]

Awesome find , really sad to see that no one has kept it up !!

[@MsLibby]

Love! Thank you fellas for all you do! You are the best!

[@AssinnippiJack]

Fascinating! I’ve always been interested in the social,cultural & political history of this country. We know now so much more than ever! Yet it keeps revealing new aspects in the form of long forgotten properties and documents. This former Alabama plantation; house, outbuildings & both burial grounds would make for an amazing presentation project. Book & visual documentary fascinating!. Coming from New England I’m very familiar with abandoned farms, mills & family burial grounds. Many have been saved & preserved but there are so many yet to be discovered. Some communities had a denser population then as opposed to today. Thanks again!

[@steveriggan8944]

Great video! I just did a trip like this from my home in the Pacific NW to Arkansas and Missouri and went through old cemeteries where all my family is buried there. My family were originally from Georgia and Tennessee and buried on their plantation in the 1840’s but no grave markers remain. The plantation house still stands and someone has renovated it and lives there! My 4x great grandfather built the house in the 1840’s prior to his death. They had moved from Virginia and North Carolina.

[@darlenegood]

beautiful home and land

[@barbaraoesterritter7318]

Thank you for revealing the memories of generations past.

[@esterherschkovich6499]

Catching up on your fab videos...Thank you.such old graves...I imagine their lives...

[@debbieritter1096]

Very enjoyable- thank you for sharing

[@mattieb7348]

Wow. Just wow. If only those walking paths could talk. Amazing. Thanks for taking us along.

[@karenwright8556]

Interesting visit. Looked like the main house was in pretty good shape,like to see more of it. ☺️From KY.

[@pamelaz.7659]

I would love to see this cemetery, cleaned up and restored. Thanks for the video.

[@cathyruthroff1698]

Very very impressive cemetery. Hopefully it can be restored before it is lost.

[@prarieborn6458]

It will never be totally lost becuase fortunately it is in the data base on “ Find a Grave” website, i enjoy the you tube channels that feature searching for and exploring old nearly forgotten cemetaries. Out West, in Oregon, there are many many abandoned ghost towns with thier pioneer cemetaries. The towns grew up with logging booms or mining booms or railroad booms and when the resources ran out or the economy crashed, people moved on. I think in the southern states, it was the aftermath of the Civil War that caused these once well kept cemetaries on private plantations or farms to fall into neglect due to the owener losing the property through taxes or being driven out by ithe invading army , or the only folks left at home after so many young men were killed in battle were women and elderly and crippled veterans. The slave labor was gone..nobody left to maintain the place. We read and hear storries about what terrible hardship was endured in the South, We have a lot to be Thankful for in our lvies today. My ggreat grandparents lost their land in Mississippi and were refugees, living on the road, camping out and at one time they lived in a hollow tree.

[@bethbartlett5692]

*(See recommended watch below.)* Hope you guys avoided any weather from the recent FL weather. NW Tennessee got a quick temp drop and snow yesterday, (really seasonally early, but better today. East Tennessee gets the snow, we get the T-nados and earth/trimmers/quakes. (Reelfoot Lake and Mississippi River merely 10 miles, as the crow flies.) Look up Reelfoot Lake history. We are on the New Madrid Fault line (Newbern, TN ground 0), yep and it is exactly where I live .... and GA looking better everyday 😊 Appreciate you guys so! Hugs all around! PS:. WATCH *"Reelfoot Lake, Tradition, Mystery, and Lore"* by: Goodwin Productions You and Dan would really enjoy this short film. It's the best one.

[@howardwest1347]

You need to keep a push broom in the trunk of your car just in case you find a cemetery and maybe a hedge trimmer.

[@dakshaswal4-croll.no.21avn7]

You bet this looks like a perfect setting for a CONURING series .Lots of memories of the family . Obviously no PIG BOY HERE!

[@marlenejohnson5461]

I’ve just run across your video of this very old cemetery, i have always been interested in plantation homes and old cemeteries. I hope someone will restore them both. Thank you!

[@gayleloy7111]

Another fantastic video. Love from Australia. Stay safe. Love you all. Xx

[@scrapfancy]

Now Robert with so many years of running after graveyards you would carry a broom or hand brush!!! 👍😘🙃

[@cherilafleur]

One of my fav cemeteries you have taken us to…thx!

[@undinehaugen9488]

Wow! I would love to go around places like that! Pure history! I loved it guys!

[@laurierenaud1210]

Amazing work Guys..keeping history alive!

[@dorenedaniels7493]

I will like to say thank you for all of this and how beautiful it is God bless you all 🙏❤️

[@cruznbecky]

Beautiful wrought-iron fence. As you say, at one time someone cared about this family cemetery enough to line the paths with scalloped clay borders. I always enjoy your side-step adventures (with the exception of the fire ants!)

[@martncortez]

These guys found a gem of a cemetery. It's fun to read years on the monument, but this cemetery has many beautiful stones and icons which has so many meanings about the decease and their family. It was amazing to me that with so many dying between 1861 to 1865, there were no Civil War monuments in the cemetery or was not part of their tour. Thanks guy for showing your trip there. You really should look into icons of cemeteries to really enhance your visit to old cemetery.

[@sandysue202]

That was a great video! I always love it when you explore old cemeteries! I hope you didn't suffer too long with those fire ant bites Robert!!

[@gr8fulpn]

The grave of the gentleman that fought at Chickamauga should be properly noted alone not to mention the rest of the sites. Glad you did this video

[@whatsthedealwithdanny3913]

Great video. You guys spent some time cleaning the graves off so you could read them and hopefully , this piece of history can be cleaned up for future generations to see. Thanks for the video and for what you do.

[@elirien4264]

I used to live in the Hampton Roads area of VA and I loved roaming the area and going down to Suffolk and northern North Carolina. My friends and I never knew what we were going to find.

[@shootfirst2097]

I appreciate you guys bringing some dignity back to these graves. Great job!

[@candykane4271]

Awsome video! I know where all my relatives from 1800s are buried and my husband. We’ve restored old cemeteries and stones. Nothing more fun exciting.

[@sewhappysarahr8912]

Thank you so much for sharing this amazing cemetery with us!

[@armouredpuppy]

@11:09 Company D, 30th Alabama Infantry, Private

[@billm4138]

SALUTE Deo Vindice

[@patriciadeane7250]

Just imagine what a beautiful cemetery this would have been in it’s day. Very impressive stonework……..and so many were still legible. Thanks for the tour!

[@buddywilliams6570]

You need to read the book, Russell County in Retrospect [A. K. Walker] . To find more about the Ihagee Plantation and many more interesting things from old russell county Alabama.

[@celleduffel1533]

Impressive, peaceful and sad!! Maybe one day some one will take care of it..maybe. Hi Mr Scott and Mr Dan :)

[@lenwenzel536]

Another interesting video. Thanks so much. Is there a reason you don't bring a brush or something similar along to clear some of the debris on the stones? Seems it would be a little easier than using your bare hands and the writing might show up better on the video also. Keep up the good work and bringing attention to so many that have been forgotten.

[@Regina0964]

Robert at the time didn't realize that a cemetery was there, watch for part 2 with more information, that's why they didn't bring a brush to wipe off the stone's .

[@aprilmerdjan7829]

I thought the same - your hands must have been raw, apart from how dirty you must have been.😔 Thank you for this very interesting video. I'm watching your video from Cape Town, South Africa where we have a lot of history too. Thankfully there are organisations here that do maintain historical places.