As you may know, two of the sons of Robert Bell Sypert were among the many who died of disease at Camp Alcorn, near Hopkinsville, KY during the winter of 1861-1862. There is a memorial to these Confederate soldiers at the site, and many of those who died during this time are buried at that memorial. Not all of these men are buried there, and as many as 115 men still lie in unmarked graves in various places around Hopkinsville.
I have been contacted by a William Meacham (
wmeacham@hkucc.hku.hk), informing me that there is a petition in the works to request the city of Hopkinsville to complete the work of identifying those graves. His message is much too lengthy to reproduce here, but he gave a link (
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wmeacham/co...) to a page that recounts the conditions at Hopkinsville and the subsequent consequences. He says that of the two sons of Robert Bell Sypert who died there, only Bailey's name is recorded in the memorial records. The resting place of Alexander A Sypert has not yet been discovered.
Mr. Meacham has requested that anyone who has an interest in seeing that the remaining graves are found, please send him a letter (I sent mine email) supporting the effort.
For further information, please contact Mr Meacham. I have no further information than what I have included here. While I am always happy to hear from Sypert relatives, there is really no point in contacting me about this matter.
I am a descendant of one of Robert Bell Sypert's brothers. While I can lend my voice in support of this endeavor, I am sure there are closer relatives of these two men who could lend a more compelling voice than mine.