Captain champ Ferguson became a rebel guerilla a feared and revered soldier,after yankees raped and killed his wife and daughter,killed his young son as well.he was captured after the war ended,they hung him.his last request was to be buried in "good rebel soil" ...they gave him that.agree or disagree with state rights( included slavery) not every land owner had slaves.half my family is from Tx the other half from Mo., so much blood in the ground.the french cemetery is a sad and quiet place,you can hear the calf killer babbling and bubbling away near...this a privately owned place yet the family keeps it open...maybe volunteering to come and cut the grass,etc.??? These places are disapearing...