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In 2010, the cemetery was listed as one of Alabama's most endangered sites by the
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shorter Cemetery
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and natural deterioration of the tombstones, statues, walls, and fencing.
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near the Shorter home, which burned in 1885. It is where Governor
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Eufaula, Alabama
American Civil War
Eufaula
Barbour County
Alabama
Lake Eufaula
John Gill Shorter
Reuben Clark Shorter
slaves
Alabama Historical Commission
Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation
vandalism
Shorter Mansion
List of Civil War Discovery Trail sites
Places in Peril (Alabama)
"Historic Shorter Cemetery"
"Attractions"
"Shorter Cemetery in Eufaula named as a Place in Peril"
Shorter Cemetery
Find a Grave
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shorter Cemetery
31°53′03″N 85°08′01″W / 31.8842313°N 85.1335406°W / 31.8842313; -85.1335406
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Historic sites in Alabama
Cemeteries in Alabama
American Civil War cemeteries

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