Blue Springs Cemetery
Location:
Main Street
Mosheim, Greene County, Tennessee
36.18995, -82.95802
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 822618
Date of Completion of Survey: December 4, 2022
This is a survey of Blue Springs Cemetery in Mosheim, Tennessee using the Find A Grave memorial page for the cemetery. The cemetery page contains 435 memorials and 92 % has been photographed.
It is also known as Blue Springs Lutheran Church Cemetery and it was established in 1811. Fifteen Union veterans are also buried in this cemetery. Protocol used for conducting a Find A Grave Survey:
- There must be evidence of Confederate service in a picture on the memorial page (VA tombstone, inscription on a non-military tombstone, Confederate flag, Southern Cross of Honor).
- Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.\
- Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established.
- Soldiers whose service is described in their Find a Grave memorial are recorded if the information given can be corroborated.
Captain J.D. Bushong
Born
Dec 17, 1840
Died From Gun Shot
April 4, 1865
At Rest
Capt. Jackson Decatur Bushong
Co I 29th Tennessee Infantry CSA
Ambushed and Killed By Bush Wackers
Five Days Before the End of the Civil War
April 4th 1865 in Lost Mountain
John Hunt Morgan Camp 205
Captain Jack Dick Bushong enlisted as a private in Company I at Henderson’s on August 21, 1861. He would serve as Captain served as Captain of Company I in the 29th Tennessee Infantry. He was severely wounded at Stone River and again twice during the 1864 battles around Atlanta. He was killed in 1865 in Greene County at Lost Mountain. See the Phelps/Fup/Volp Family History website for the story of Captain Bushong’s death in 1865.
- Phelps/Fup/Volp Family History https://www.phelpsfulpancestry.com/documents/Bushwhacked.pdf
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.D. Bushong, 29th Tennessee, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 2, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
F.W. Cobble
Oct. 24, 1826
Dec.19, 1908
Fredrick Washington Cobble was marked by a Confederate flag. Cobble enlisted in Captain J.W. Jackson’s Greene company on October 4, 1862. This company eventually became Company C of the 61st Tennessee Mounted Infantry. In March of 1863 he was appointed 2nd Sergeant. On May 17, 1863 he was captured at Big Black Swamp during the Vicksburg Siege. He was sent to Fort Delaware where he would be paroled and exchanged.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for F.W. Cobble, 61st Tennessee, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 2, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
George A. Trobaugh
July 30, 1836 – July 19, 1902
His Wife
Hannah E. Trobaugh
George enlisted in Company C of the 61st Tennessee Mounted Infantry. In May of 1863 he was captured at Big Black Swamp and apparently sent north as a POW. In the summer he enlisted in Company A of the Union 8th Tennessee Cavalry in Indianapolis for three years. He served in several hospitals as a cook until the end of the war.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for G.A. Trobaughe, 61st Tennessee, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 2, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
