Civil War | Cemetery
The Shorter Cemetery
Alabama
Riverside Drive
Eufaula, AL 36027
United States
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This Civil War-era cemetery is the burial site of Alabama Civil War Governor John Gill Shorter, his family, and family slaves. The cemetery is located on 5 acres in the middle of downtown Eufaula, on a bluff overlooking Lake Eufaula near the Shorter home, which burned in 1885.
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