Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Cemetery

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The Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Cemetery, also known as "Confederate Memorial Cemetery," is the resting place for approximately 483 Civil War veterans who died at The Confederate Soldier's Home which housed up to 125 veterans from 1892 to 1933.

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The Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Cemetery is the resting place for the remains of the elder veterans who were residents at the Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Home, which is located on the grounds of The Hermitage. The cemetery is also located on the grounds of The Hermitage as well, “along Highway 70 in Hermitage, Tennessee.”₁

483 honorable veterans are buried in the cemetery. Each headstone is viewable on the link provided here on Clio which is labeled “Head Stones.”₂You may choose to view North Quadrant List, East Quadrant List, South Quadrant List, or West Quadrant List.

Other gravesites of Confederate Soldiers in Tennessee can also be found here on Clio at the provided link under "more info."

Sources

1. "Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Cemetery." Sons of Confederate Veterans. Accessed January 10, 2015. http://tennessee-scv.org/Camp1713/confedcem/cemtitlepage.html.

2. "Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Cemetery." Sons of Confederate Veterans. Accessed January 10, 2015. http://tennessee-scv.org/Camp1713/confedcem/cemtitlepage.html.

"Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Home Cemetery." Find a Grave. Accessed January 10, 2015. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=10768.

Guzzi, B. Anthony. "Confederate Soldiers' Home and Cemetery." December 25, 2009 (Updated January 1, 2010). http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=301.