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Three of the Mulberry Confederates were brothers of Mary Jane Shores. One died of fever at Richmond, one had his health ruined by a term in a P.O.W. camp in Indiana, and one went to Missouri for the rest of his life after the War and never communicated with his family back in Tennessee and Mississippi, possibly a victim of post traumatic stress syndrome. A half-brother found his family and brought word back to the remaining family six years after he had died.
The buildings behind the statue are a fire station on the left and the First Baptist Church. Two other churches, a small post office and two building that were probably a store and a hotel at one time, with some houses nearby are all that remain of the town. According to one resident I spoke with, Mulberry encompasses a large area, but is made up mostly of scattered farms. There used to be a women's seminary to the left of the fire station, up the hill, but it is a private residence now.
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