Confederate Cemetery Monument (Tennessee) Explained

Confederate Cemetery Monument
Coordinates:35.4981°N -86.6983°W
Added:July 11, 2001
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:01000731

Confederate Cemetery Monument is a monument that includes a cemetery for veterans of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, especially the Battle of Farmington under General Joseph Wheeler, in Farmington, Tennessee, U.S.[1] It includes four walls around the cemetery and a "pyramid-topped obelisk".[1] A historical marker on reads "In the cemetery north of the road are buriedConfederate soldiers of the Army of Tennessee, who fell while opposing Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland through Liberty Gap and Guy's Gap, in late June 1863. Also buried here are soldiers of Forrest's Cavalry, killed in minor operations.".[1] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 11, 2001.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Confederate Cemetery Monument. National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. December 6, 2017.
  2. Web site: Confederate Cemetery Monument. National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. December 6, 2017.