I found out that Raphael Semmes was buried in the Mobile Catholic Cemetery, off US-45 on Martin Luther King, Jr. Road. From where we are, that is not going to be an easy drive. Plus, one time we went to the southern terminus of US-45, here in Mobile and drove the road clear up into Illinois.
And one thing I remember, the part in Mobile did not go through the best of neighborhoods.
I also found out at the Poet of the Confederacy, Father Abram Joseph Ryan is buried there. On a non-Civil War-related note, also, Major League Baseball player and manager, Eddie Stanky's remains are there as well. He managed my all-time favorite White Sox team, the 1967 one that blew the American League pennant in the last five games of the season.
How's this for a way to slide some baseball into an old war? Just in case you're wondering why there are baseball puctures on a Civil War blog.
Still Thinking of Going to the Cemetery, Anyway. --Old B-R'er
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