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MPS. Holly Springs MRA. NRHP reference No. 82003108 [1] Added to NRHP. June 28, 1982. Hillcrest Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States. Established in 1837, it is known as the "Little Arlington of the South." It contains the burials of five Confederate generals.
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. Still in use, it was established by a federal land grant on November 21, 1821. It was originally known simply as "The Graveyard" and later as "City Cemetery" before the present name was adopted in 1899. It is the final resting place of Confederate generals, former ...
The Confederate section contains about 150 graves of Confederate soldiers who died in the Grenada area. [2] The cemeteries may contain burials from several specific calamities. Grenada suffered a tornado on May 7, 1846, which destroyed 112 houses and killed 21 persons. And it suffered a fire in 1855 which burned about half of the town's buildings.
99001387. Added to NRHP. November 22, 1999 [ 1 ] Natchez National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Natchez overlooking the Mississippi River in Adams County, Mississippi. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 25.7 acres (10.4 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 7,154 ...
Designated USMS. October 24, 1985 [ 1 ] The Beauvoir estate, built in Biloxi, Mississippi, along the Gulf of Mexico, was the post-war home (1876–1889) of the former President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis. The National Park Service designated the house and plantation as a National Historic Landmark.
The Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier is a tomb on the grounds of Beauvoir in Biloxi, Mississippi, that holds the remains of an unidentified Confederate soldier of the American Civil War. The remains were discovered in late 1979 on a battlefield of the Vicksburg Campaign. Artifacts accompanying the remains showed that the person had been ...
Confederate monument-building has often been part of widespread campaigns to promote and justify Jim Crow laws in the South. [12] [1] [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."
Jackson, Mississippi. Coordinates. 32°17′48″N 90°12′12″W / 32.2965351°N 90.2034219°W / 32.2965351; -90.2034219. NRHP reference No. 100001028. Mount Olive Cemetery is a historic burial ground for African Americans in Jackson, Mississippi. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. [1][2][3]