Confederate soldier remembered

Hiram Bland died and was 'resurrected'

This memorial to Hiram Bland was placed at Upper Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Bulloch County in 2009. The fate of his remains is unknown.

Hiram Bland stone Web — This memorial to Hiram Bland was placed at Upper Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Bulloch County in 2009. The fate of his remains is unknown.

For Confederate Memorial Day, Mike Mull told the Bulloch County Historical Society about a local soldier, Hiram Bland, whose death in a Union prisoner of war camp took on aspects of a 19th century gothic horror story. “It’s not your typical story about a Confederate prisoner of war,” Mull, Georgia Division commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, said before going to the front of the room to tell it. The Historical Society held its monthly meeting Monday, Confederate Memorial Day as observed in Georgia as a day off for some state employees.

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