Confederate Cemetery

Confederate Cemetery is a Tennessee historical marker in Knoxville, Knox County.

At cemetery gate on Bethel Ave.,Knoxville

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During the Confederate War, 1861-65, more than 1600 Confederate soldiers and about 50 Federal prisoners were buried here. About 20 Confederate veterans have been buried since the war. The tall monument was erected in 1892 by the Ladie's Memorial Association.

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Historical maps covering this location

1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1926 · Proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina-Tennessee / engraved and… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1951 · Sanborn Fire Insurance Map — Knoxville, Tenn. (1951) (OldInsuranceMaps.net — Sanborn Map Collection)

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Confederate Cemetery

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