Cedar Hill Cemetery (Vicksburg, Mississippi) Explained

Cedar Hill Cemetery
Map Type:	Mississippi#USA
Country:	United States
Location:	326 Lovers Lane, Vicksburg, Mississippi^[1]
Coordinates:	32.3658°N -90.8596°W^[2]
Owner:	City of Vicksburg
Graves:	>30,000 (2021)
Website:	http://web.vicksburg.org/departments/cemetery
Findagraveid:	302434
Politicalgeo:	MS/WR-buried.html

Cedar Hill Cemetery, also known as the City of Vicksburg Cemetery and Soldiers Rest Cemetery, is one of the "...oldest and largest cemeteries in the United States that is still in use".^[1] Establishment of Cedar Hill Cemetery predates the American Civil War.^[3]

Soldiers' Rest burial site

After the American Civil War, a portion of Cedar Hill Cemetery was set aside for the burial of Confederate soldiers who died of sickness or wounds.^[3] This burial site was designated Soldiers' Rest and contains the graves of some 5,000 Confederate soldiers, with 1,600 identified.^[3]

Notable interments

• John Stevens Bowen (1830–1863), Confederate major general during the American Civil War.^[4]
• Walker Brooke (1813–1869), U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1852–53).^[5]
• Beverly Francis Carradine (1848–1931), noted author and Methodist minister.^[6]
• Thomas C. Catchings (1847–1927), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1885–1901).^[7]
• Nicholas Daniel Coleman (1800–1874), U.S. Representative from Kentucky (1829–31).^[8]
• James William Collier (1872–1933), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1909–33).^[9]
• Caroline Russell Compton (1907–1987), noted Mississippi artist.^[10]
• Douglas the camel was a domesticated camel used by the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.^[11]
• Isham Warren Garrott (1816–1863), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War.^[12]
• Martin Edward Green (1815–1863), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War.^[12]
• Patrick Stevens Henry (1861–1933), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1901–03).^[13]
• Elza Jeffords (1826–1885), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1883–85).^[14]
• William Augustus Lake (1808–1861), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1855–57).^[15]
• Alexander Keith McClung (1811–1855), lieutenant colonel in 1st Mississippi Regiment during the Mexican–American War, and U.S. chargé d'affaires to Bolivia (1849–51).^[16]
• Buddie Newman (1921–2002), Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives^[17]

See also

• Vicksburg National Military Park

Notes and References

1. http://web.vicksburg.org/departments/cemetery Vicksburg City Departments – Cedar Hill Cemetery
2. http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ USGS National Map Viewer (Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, MS)
3. http://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/soldiersresthis.htm Vicksburg National Military Park – Soldiers' Rest History
4. http://battleofchampionhill.org/history/bowen.htm The death of General John Bowen
5. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000872 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Brooke, Walker)
6. http://www.vicksburg.org/index.php/tombstone-database-search/2262 Cedar Hill Cemetery tombstone database (Carradine, Beverly, DD, Rev.)
7. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000247 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Catchings, Thomas Clendinen)
8. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000620 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Coleman, Nicholas Daniel)
9. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000630 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Collier, James William)
10. http://www.vicksburg.org/index.php/interments-database-search/8058 Cedar Hill Cemetery interment database (Compton, Caroline)
11. http://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/us-reg-and-unclassified-units.htm Vicksburg National Military Park: United States Regulars and Unclassified Units
12. http://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/confederate-interments-g.htm Confederate interments (G), Soldiers' Rest
13. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000513 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Henry, Patrick)
14. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000071 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Jeffords, Elza)
15. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000026 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Lake, William Augustus)
16. http://www.vicksburg.org/index.php/tombstone-database-search/9426 Cedar Hill Cemetery tombstone database (McClung, Col. Alexander K.)
17. Web site: October 14, 2002. Former House speaker Buddie' Newman dies at 81. 2020-08-19. The Vicksburg Post.