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American Civil War portal; This category is for permanent military cemeteries established for Confederate soldiers and sailors who died during campaigns or operations.A common difference between cemeteries of war graves and those of civilian peacetime graves is the uniformity of those interred.
Confederate Obelisk, inscribed "Our Confederate Dead 1873", in the Confederate section of the cemetery. Made of Stone Mountain granite, it is the tallest object in the Cemetery. [ 4 ] In 2019 the city decided to add e marker contextualizing its continued placement on state-owned property.
Confederate monument-building has often been part of widespread campaigns to promote and justify Jim Crow laws in the South. [12] [13] According to the American Historical Association (AHA), the erection of Confederate monuments during the early 20th century was "part and parcel of the initiation of legally mandated segregation and widespread disenfranchisement across the South."
Confederate States of America cemeteries (1 C, 29 P) Pages in category "American Civil War cemeteries" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The federal government's policy toward Confederate graves at Arlington National Cemetery changed at the end of the 19th century. The 10-week Spanish–American War of 1898 marked the first time since prior to the Civil War that Americans from all states, North and South, were involved in a military conflict with a foreign power. [11]
Resaca Confederate Cemetery in Resaca, Georgia is the burial place of over 450 Confederate soldiers who died during the American Civil War. This particular cemetery is designated for the soldiers that fought in the Battle of Resaca which took place May 14 and 15, 1864. From the two days of battle, there are only three graves where the death ...
in part: "the principles for / which they fought / live eternally" / our / confederate / soldiers / list of companies organized in / and sent out from sussex county / for roll of members see records / in the county clerk's office / erected by / sussex chapter u.d.c. / nov. - 1912 / chapter organized / sept. 29, 1909. [130] confederate monument
Talladega: Confederate Memorial. Oak Hill Cemetery [citation needed] Tuscaloosa: Confederate Monument, Greenwood Cemetery (1880) by the Ladies Memorial Association [83] Tuskegee: Tuskegee Confederate Monument, erected October 6, 1906 by UDC of Macon County, Alabama. [84] The UDC owns both the monument and the town park it is located in.