Confederate Cemetery Monument (Tennessee)

Cemetery in Marshall County, Tennessee, US

United States historic place

Confederate Cemetery Monument

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 2279 TN-64, Farmington, Tennessee
Coordinates| 35°29′53″N 86°41′54″W﻿ / ﻿35.49806°N 86.69833°W﻿ / 35.49806; -86.69833
Area| less than one acre
Built| 1874 (1874)
NRHP reference No.| 01000731[1]
Added to NRHP| July 11, 2001

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.[2] It includes four walls around the cemetery and a "pyramid-topped obelisk".[2] A historical marker on reads "In the cemetery north of the road are buried Confederate 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.".[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 11, 2001.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Confederate Cemetery Monument". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
3. ^ "Confederate Cemetery Monument". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 6, 2017.

## External links

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* Confederate Cemetery Monument at Find a Grave
* U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Confederate Memorial Park

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