Cemeteries

 

Confederate cemeteries

 

Hastily interred by comrades—and sometimes by enemies—after battles and outside of hospitals and prisons, the Civil War dead often found their final resting places in temporary shallow graves or nameless burial trenches.  The often hasty efforts of wartime proved to be unsatisfactory in the ensuing peace, and required a large-scale effort to attend to the dead in a more dignified manner.  The creation of the national cemetery system provided for the decent burial of the Union dead, but there was no such provision for their fallen enemies. 

Arranging Confederate burials became a state, local, or individual responsibility.  As a result, many Confederates were buried in private family or city cemeteries.  After the war, some women’s groups and veterans’ organizations began campaigns to exhume the dead from their temporary battlefield graves and from small, remote plots and reinter them in central locations where they could be protected and honored.  Perhaps the best example of such an effort is the Confederate cemetery in Hagerstown, Maryland, where thousands of Confederate dead were relocated from the battlefields of Antietam and South Mountain.

These scattered Confederate cemeteries not only illustrate the human toll of this conflict, but also its divisive nature and the commitment of both sides to caring for their dead and paying tribute to their sacrifices.  What follows, admittedly incomplete, is a listing of Confederate cemeteries listed alphabetically by state and by city. 

This page is a work in progress and we would be happy to hear of any cemeteries not yet included.

 

 
 

State

Location

Number of Burials

Alabama

 

Clanton

313

1862

Soldier’s Rest Cemetery, Florence (adjoining city cemetery)

 

1862

Gainesville

250

 

Confederate Rest, Mobile
(adjoining Magnolia Cemetery)

1,100

 

Confederate Rest Cemetery, Point Clear

300+

1863

Shelby Springs

277

 

Union Springs (now Old City Cemetery)

 

Arkansas

 

Camp Nelson, Cabot

 

 

Camden

 

1862

Camp White, Sulfur Springs

 

 

Clarksville

 

1872

Fayetteville

800-900

1861

Fort Smith
(now within National Cemetery)

400

1869

Helena

 

1884

Little Rock
(moved from Mt. Holly Cemetery, now within National Cemetery)

640

 

Washington

 

Georgia

1867

Atlanta (adjoining Oakland Cemetery)

3,000+

 

Americus (adjoining Oak Grove Cemetery)

129

 

Barnesville
(adjoining Greenwood Cemetery)

115

 

Cassville

300

 

Covington (adjoining South View Cemetery)

73

1865

Linwood Cemetery, Columbus

500

1862

West Hill Cemetery, Dalton

421

 

Forsyth

300

1865

Fort Tyler Cemetery
(near West Point, adjoining Pinewood Cemetery)

 

1863

Greensboro

45

1869

Stonewall Cemetery, Griffin

500+

1864

Patrick Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Jonesboro

600-1,000

1861

Kingston

250

 

Lagrange

300

1866

Macon (within Rose Hill Cemetery)

602

1862

Madison (adjoining city cemetery)

52

1863

Marietta

3,000

1864

Milner

100+

 

Newnan

 

1864

Oxford Cemetery
(on Emory University campus)

31

1864

Resaca

500

 

The Rock (near Barnesville)

12

 

Savannah
(adjoining Laurel Grove Cemetery)

1,500

 

Waynesboro

45

Florida

 

Apalachicola (Chestnut Street Cemetery)

 

 

Barrancas (near Pensacola)

 

 

Brooksville (Old Spring Hill Cemetery)

 

 

Lake City (adjoining Oak Lawn Cemetery)

 

 

Soldier’s Cemetery, Quincy
(within Eastern Cemetery)

 

 

Tallahassee (adjoining Old City Cemetery)

 

Illinois

 

Alton

1,354

1866

Oakwoods Cemetery, Camp Douglas
(Chicago)

6,000

1863

Rock Island

1,950

1862

Camp Butler National Cemetery

700+

Indiana

1931

Greenlawn Cemetery, Indianapolis
(moved to Crown Hill Cemetery)

1,616

Kansas

1862

Ft. Leavenworth
(within National Cemetery)

7

 

Ft. Scott (within National Cemetery)

 

Kentucky

 

Bighill

 

 

Danville (near National Cemetery)

66

 

Camp Alcorn (near Hopkinsville)

293

 

Camp Nelson (removed from National Cemetery ground to Nicholasville city cemetery amongst others)

 

 

Cynthiana

 

 

Confederate lot, Lexington

114

 

Zollicoffer Confederate Cemetery, Nancy

 

1871

Pewee Valley Cemetery (near New Albany)

 

Louisiana

 

Camp Moore (near Tangipahoa)

200-800

 

Clinton

 

 

Centenary

 

1863

Port Hudson

500

Maryland

1862

Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore

400

1871

Washington Cemetery, Hagerstown
(now Rose Hill Cemetery)

2,000

1870

Point Lookout

4,000

Mississippi

 

Confederate plot, Aberdeen
(adjoining Old Aberdeen Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Booneville
(adjoining Citizen’s Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Brandon
(adjoining Old Brandon Cemetery)

 

 

Brice’s Cross Roads

 

 

Confederate plot, Brookhaven
(adjoining Rose Hill Cemetery)

 

 

Brooksville

 

 

Confederate plot, Canton
(adjoining city cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Castillian Springs
(adjoining Wesley Chapel Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Chunky
(adjoining Chunky Cemetery)

 

 

Clinton (adjoining city cemetery)

63

 

Coffeeville (adjoining city cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Columbus
(adjoining Friendship Cemetery)

 

 

College Hill
(adjoining Presbyterian Church Cemetery)

 

 

Fort Robinette, Corinth

 

 

Clark Co.

 

 

Confederate plot, Crystal Springs
(adjoining city cemetery)

 

 

Duck Hill

 

 

Confederate plot, Durant

 

 

Confederate plot, Enterprise

 

 

Flowood
(adjoining Drakes United Methodist Church Cemetery)

 

 

Forest

 

 

Goodman

 

 

Confederate plot, Greenwood
(adjoining Greenwood Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Grenada
(adjoining Odd Fellows Cemetery and Spring Hill Cemetery)

180

 

Confederate plot, Hazelhurst
(adjoining city cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Hernando
(adjoining Hernando Baptist Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Holly Springs
(adjoining Hill Crest Cemetery)

 

 

Iuka (adjoining Shady Grove Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Jackson
(adjoining Greenwood Cemtery)

 

 

Camp Jefferson Davis, Jackson County

 

 

Confederate plot, Kosciusko
(adjoining Citizens’ Cemetery)

 

 

Lauderdale County

 

1862

Lauderdale Springs (near Meridian)

170

 

Liberty (adjoining Davis Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Macon
(adjoining Odd Fellows Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Magnolia
(adjoining Magnolia Cemetery)

 

 

Marion

 

 

Meridian (adjoining Rose Hill Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Natchez
(adjoining Natchez Cemetery)

 

 

Doolittle Cemetery, Newton

100

1862

         Okolona (adjoining Citizen’s Cemetery)

900-1,000

1862

Oxford
(on University of Mississippi campus)

700

 

Plantersville (adjoining Union Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Pontotoc
(adjoining city cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Port Gibson
(adjoining Wintergreen Cemetery and St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Prentiss County
(adjoining Old Siloam Church Cemetery)

 

1863

Quitman

300

 

Confederate plot, Rankin County
(adjoining Union Methodist Church Cemetery)

 

1863

Raymond (adjoining city cemetery)

140

 

Ripley (adjoining city cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Rosedale
(adjoining Beulah Cemetery)

 

 

Saltillo (adjoining Kyle Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Sardis
(adjoining Davis Chapel Cemetery)

 

 

Ship Island

 

 

Confederate plot, Shubuta
(adjoining city cemetery)

 

 

Shuqualak (adjoining Pinetucky Cemetery)

 

 

Terry

 

 

Tupelo

 

 

Tishomingo

 

 

Union County

 

 

Confederate plot, Vaiden
(adjoining Shongalo Cemetery)

 

 

Vaughn

 

 

Soldier’s Rest, Vicksburg
(now Cedar Hill Cemetery)

5,000

 

Warren Co.

 

 

Warrenton (adjoining Hopewell Cemetery)

 

 

Water Valley (adjoining Oak Hill Cemetery)

 

 

West (adjoining Wheeling Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, West Point
(adjoining Greenwood Cemetery)

 

 

Confederate plot, Winona
(adjoining Oakwood Cemetery)

 

 

Woodville

 

 

Yazoo City (adjoining Glenwood Cemetery)

 

Missouri

1866

Jefferson Barracks
(St. Louis, now within National Cemetery)

1,140

1867

Springfield (now within National Cemetery)

1,521

New Jersey

1862

Finn’s Point National Cemetery
(some moved from Pea Patch Island)

2,502

New York

1864

Elmira
(adjoining Woodlawn National Cemetery)

2,973

North Carolina

1865

Fayetteville
(adjoining Cross Creek Cemetery)

 

 

Raleigh

 

Ohio

1862

Camp Chase (near Columbus)

2,260

1862

Confederate Stockade Cemetery, Johnson’s Island (near Sandusky)

267

South Carolina

 

Beaufort

117

 

Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston

1,000

 

Mt. Pleasant

 

Tennessee

1866

Beech Grove

50-60

1863

Chattanooga

2,500

 

Clarksville
(now Confederate Soldier Memorial Bridge)

305 (127 removed)

1866

McGavock Cemetery, Franklin

1,487

 

Knoxville

1,600

 

Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis

 

1863

Shelbyville

 

1862

Shiloh National Military Park

 

 

Tiptonville

75

 

Tullahoma

407

Texas

 

Fort Bliss (near El Paso)

 

 

San Antonio

 

Virginia

1865

Appomattox

18

 

Arlington

377 (241 removed)

 

Bull Run (near Groveton)

500

 

Bedford City

500

1861

Bristow

203

 

Charlottesville
(adjoining University Cemetery on University of Virginia campus)

1,097

1867

Fredericksburg

3,300

 

Oakland Cemetery, Louisa

60

1869

Lynchburg

2,500

1866

Groveton Confederate Cemetery, Manassas

266

1866

Our Soldier’s Cemetery, Mount Jackson

400-500

1865

Newport News

154

 

Huguenot Springs Confederate Cemetery, Powhatan

250

1869

Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond

12,000-18,000

1861

Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond

17,200

1862

Scottsville

 

1866

Spotsylvania

600

 

Stephenson (moved to Winchester)

 

1867

Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester

829?

 

Woodstock

57

 

Wytheville

 

West Virginia

 

Mt. Iser Cemetery, Beverly

 

1863

Fairmont

39

1862

Lewisburg

95

1862

Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown

114+

Wisconsin

1862

Confederate Rest Cemetery, Madison
(adjoining Forest Hill Cemetery)

140