Civil War soldier to be honored with new gravemarker in Ky. cemetary

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) - A Union soldier's grave marker has been missing for decades, but now, thanks to a local organization, a new one has been created in his honor.

The soldier from Nicholasville was Private Anthony "Mack" McInham.

On Saturday at 2 p.m., a special ceremony will be held at Locust Grove Cemetery to rededicate McInham's marker. However, that's just one-half of the private's final resting place story.

Private McInham was part of the 100th U.S. Colored Infantry.

John Buckler, with the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, led the charge to get the Union soldier, who died in 1931, this new headstone.

"He was one of the soldiers that fought to preserve the union, and as descendants of those soldiers, it's our duty to remember them," said Buckler.

Private McInham's great-great-granddaughter, Lucienda Nobles, will be in town from Maryland for the rededication.

"We definitely wanted to do what we could to make sure that he did get the recognition and the credit for what he did to serve our country," Nobles said.

The other half of this story is that no one knows exactly where the soldier is buried. They just know he's somewhere on these grounds.

"This is still a recovery mission," said Frank Cannon, a Vietnam War veteran and a former member of the cemetery board. "Where's the man buried? Don't know where he is. We're gonna recover it. This is just a marker, just to let you know we've recovered something; we've recovered some information."

Lucienda Nobles says she is confident that one day someone will find out where her great-great-grandfather is resting in peace.