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	SCV - Arkansas Sites
		Camp Nelson was a staging point for Arkansas and Texas troops early in the war.
		Confederate troops under Van Dorn surprised him while he was eating his breakfast in the hotel and forced a hasty retreat.
		Confederate dead were removed from area battlefields at the associations expense and moved to this location on East Mountain in Fayetteville.
	members.tripod.com /~arkansas/rgs1655c.html (3232 words)

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		Cemetery of the Evergreens The Cemetery of the Evergreens, is a non-denominational Brooklyn, New York.
		Mount Olivet Cemetery (Dubuque) Mount Olivet Cemetery is a Dubuque, Iowa.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/cemetery.html (1262 words)

	Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery is a historic cemetery located near Cabot in northern Lonoke County, Arkansas and is the site of Confederate military camp where 1,500 Confederate soldiers died during an epidemic during the fall of 1862.
		Camp Nelson was a central staging point in central Arkansas for Confederate troops gathering from Texas and Arkansas.
		The camp was named for Brigadier General Allison Nelson who was in command of the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Camp_Nelson_Confederate_Cemetery (336 words)

	Confederate
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		Confederate States Marine Corps The Confederate States Marine Corps was a branch of the United States Marine Corps.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/confederate.html (354 words)

	Cemeteries - Camp Nelson National Cemetery - Burial & Memorials
		Camp Nelson National Cemetery is located about seven miles southeast of Nicholasville in Jessamine County, Ky. In 1866, the U.S. government appropriated approximately eight acres here to establish a cemetery.
		Because of the camp’s significance as a USCT recruiting base, a large number of these soldiers are interred at Camp Nelson.
		The remains of Confederate prisoners of war originally buried at Camp Nelson National Cemetery were all removed, either to the Confederate lot in the cemetery at Nicholasville or local private cemeteries.
	www.cem.va.gov /CEM/cems/nchp/campnelson.asp (1003 words)

	Camp Nelson History and Resources
		The orginal camp covered 4000 acres and was sandwiched between the Kentucky River on the south and west and Hickman Creek on the east.
		Although a number of Union Kentucky and Tennessee regiments were formed and trained at Camp Nelson, the camp is most significant as the largest recruitment and training center for African-American troops in Kentucky, the second largest contributing state for African-American troops in the country, and the third largest such center in the United States.
		Camp Dick Robinson's location on the south side of the Kentucky River in Garrard County was very vulnerable and indeed it had been pillaged and burned by Bragg's Confederates.
	www.users.kih.net /~dparker/nelson/nelsig.htm (1413 words)

	Mid-Missouri Civil War Round Table:Two Recruiting Camps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		To establish a camp and recruit a brigade of soldiers on Bluegrass soil in opposition to the judgment of avowed Union men was a task delicate and difficult to perform.
		The establishment of Camp Dick Robinson, the gathering of a nucleus of Union soldiers on the soil of Kentucky, naturally provoked a vigorous protest on the part of the governor of the state, Hon.
		Nelson, who was killed at the Galt House in Louisville in the fall of 1862 by Gen. Jefferson C. Davis, was buried at the camp, and on July 4, 1865, a large pole floating the Stars and Stripes was erected over the grave.
	www.mmcwrt.org /2002/default0202.htm (4297 words)

	Historic Texas Cemetery
		Snyder Cemetery is located on 43.99 acres in the northwest quarter of section 124, Block 3, HandGN survey at the intersection of north Avenue E and FM 1673.
		It is under the oversight of the Snyder Cemetery Association and records show that the first 10 acres of the cemetery were transferred to the association by C. Girard and others on April 20, 1892.
		Nelson was blind by this time, he was elected county treasurer in 1931 and again in 1933.
	www.snydertex.com /history/cemetery.htm (3437 words)

	Summary of Events by State - Lower Mississippi Delta Region - National Park Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The defeated Confederates moved their seat of government to Washington in southwest Arkansas, where it remained for the duration of the war.
		The last Confederate state to secede, Tennessee became the first Southern state to be readmitted to the Union after the war.
		Follow the path of invading armies to the bloody battlefields at Fort Donelson National Battlefield and Shiloh National Military Park; or ride with Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest on his cavalry raids in West Tennessee; and walk the corridors of the capitol where the Ordinance of Secession was passed.
	www.cr.nps.gov /delta/civil_war/summary.htm (2805 words)

	John Hunt Morgan - Bardstown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The men were allowed to camp for free, the creek provided water for man and beast and the people of the community supplied food.
		The Nelson Greys became part of the 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment, which was to become part of the famous Orphan Brigade.
		Confederate Monument – Bardstown Cemetery erect 1904 to honor 67 Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery.
	www.10000trails.com /morgan/bardstown.html (1659 words)

	Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Camp Nelson Heritage Park is located along US 27 about 20 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky.
		Camp Nelson Heritage Park is a great place to exercise and enjoy the outdoors while learning about the history of the Civil War and the way it impacted Jessamine County.
		Confederate reenactors give volley salute at Camp Nelson National Cemetery.
	www.campnelson.org /foundation/events.htm (264 words)

	John Culpepper is starting a Sons Of Confederate Veterans Camp in Chickamauga
		"We have raised the 23000.00 for the monument to honor the Confederate Veterans buried in the Chickamauga Cemetery.
		The Confederate casualties were buried at Marietta, Georgia or claimed by their families.
		The Union casualties are interred at the national Cemetery in Chattanooga.
	www.atlanna.com /Chick_cem.htm (662 words)

	Virtual Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The curious middle door, which opened only to a small closet, was the harness or tack room where the landlord locked up the saddles of lodgers, who thus could be forced to pay their bills before they left.
		When Nelson found that Confederate Gen. Kirby Smith was advancing straight into Richmond, he sent out orders to concentrate the Union forces at Richmond, but directed them not to fight unless they were sure of success.
		More than 270 Union soldiers were buried along the extreme eastern edge of the cemetery and a smaller undetermined number of Confederates were buried in a common grave (see cemetery map for location of marker).
	www.battleofrichmond.org /virtual.htm (1440 words)

	Confederate Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, on a shade covered hill, overlooking a stream, rest the remains of hundreds of Confederate soldiers and veterans.
		Confederate Memorial Day is an annual event at Loudon Park Cemetery.
		She left the banner at the base of the Jackson statue, which had a Confederate flag made of roses in its hand and a crown of roses and honeysuckles upon its head.
	www.mdscv.org /1388/confhill.htm (5608 words)

	CONFEDERATE CEMETERY Camp Morton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Below are the names of Tennessee soldiers who died while imprisoned at Camp Morton Indianapolis, Indiana, and who were initially buried in Greenlawn a city cemetery on the South side of Indianapolis.
		There were estimates of in excess of 1600 burials of confederate soldiers in Greenlawn when it was used by Camp Morton Prison during the period of February 1862 through August of 1865.
		Many of the graves of the local inhabitants were moved to Crown Hill Cemetery in the early 1900's, and by 1930 Greenlawn was in a state of disrepair, and was closed entirely, with the remaining graves being transferred to Crown Hill.
	absolombrown.com /confederate_cemetery_camp_morton.htm (516 words)

	Whilbr - History of Antietam National Cemetery
		History of Antietam National Cemetery :including a descriptive list of all the loyal soldiers buried therein together with the ceremonies and address on the occasion of the dedication of the grounds, September, 17th, 1867 was published in 1869.
		The fact that the governors of Pennsylvania and New York, states with the largest number of men buried in the cemetery, were not included on the program added to the division.
		And it was not until almost 10 years later that a cemetery was dedicated for the Confederates who died at Antietam and other locations in Western Maryland.
	www.whilbr.org /antietamNationalCemetery/index.aspx (906 words)

	THE MEN OF THE 10TH TEXAS INFANTRY
		And there they lay, almost forgotten for 35 years, until in 1898 a group of Arkansas Confederate veterans resolved that something should be done to commemorate those who served and died at Camp Nelson.
		And, finally, the cemetery was allowed to return to nature, to be taken over by wild flowers, trees and brush.
		Congress had passed an act, it read, declaring that Confederate soldiers were to be considered veterans of the Union and, consequently, would be entitled to veteran's benefits.
	www.rootsweb.com /~arlonoke/camp_nelson_cemetery.htm (1446 words)

	This Months Issue - KentuckyLiving Magazine - Kentucky Living
		Few Kentuckians are aware of two distinctions Camp Nelson held in the Civil War.
		Camp Nelson became a refuge camp for the enlisted fl soldiers who gained their freedom for their enlistment.
		Camp Nelson National Cemetery, adjacent to Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park, was founded in 1863.
	www.kentuckyliving.com /article.asp?articleid=1231&issueid=222 (1490 words)

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		The 10th Texas Infantry arrive at Little Rock in June 1862; having marched from Millican, Texas, to Shreveport, Louisiana, then traveling by water to their destination.
		Due to that fact, epidemics of both typhoid fever and measels broke out in the regiment.
		During their stay in the vicinity of Little Rock, the regiment suffered heavily from disease; casualties of 108 deaths and 62 discharges from June to October 1862 was the direct result of the epidemics (see Little Rock National Cemetery).
	members.aol.com /SMckay1234/campnelson.htm (443 words)

	camp_nelson_cemetery
		On January 28, 1861, Georgia-born Allison Nelson, representing Bell and McClennan Counties in the Texas Legislature, exuberantly cast his vote for secession, returned to his home in the town of Waco, and enlisted in the Confederate Army.
		He was appointed to the rank of Colonel, commanding a well-outfitted regiment of volunteer infantry and cavalry, gathered from the towns and farms of Central Texas.
		Then, in 1905, the Arkansas Legislature appropriated $1,000 for a monument, and the remains of 428 Rebel soldiers were taken from the woods and re-interred in the new Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery.
	www.couchgenweb.com /civilwar/camp_nelson_cemetery.htm (1318 words)

	The Civil War in Arkansas - Disptches, Events, and Newslatter Template
		Sponsorded by the Central Arkansas Civil War Heritage Trail and the Arkansas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, this heritage event was the largest held in the state.
		An estimated 60,000 Arkansawers enlisted in Confederate units and that at least 6,800 are known to have been killed or died of disease during the War.
		Confederate Memorial Day is a day celebrated in Southern states to remember Confederate dead.
	www.civilwarbuff.com /may06.htm (1951 words)

	Interpretation - KY Civil War Sites
		He was forced to withdraw in some haste after overrunning the Confederate camp when the guns from Columbus opened fire on his troops.
		It includes a number of cemeteries --using graves and tombstones to focus on themes important to the Civil War and to McLean County, such as the Orphan Brigade, family division, four African American veterans, etc. An example is the Hackett family plot in the cemetery in Livermore.
		The Union and Confederate veterans from the family are buried at opposite sides from one another.
	campus.murraystate.edu /academic/faculty/Bill.Mulligan/NCPHPaper98.html (2941 words)

	Heart of Arkansas Online - History & Museums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Built in 1853, the Shoppach House was occupied by both Confederate and Union Armies in the Civil War.
		Historic cemetery with a tall monument dedicated in 1905 to the memory of unknown Texas and Arkansas Confederate soldiers.
		Mount Holly Cemetery • 12th Street at Broadway • Little Rock, AR The final resting place of executed 17-year-old Confederate spy David O. Dodd, who was arrested at the Ten Mile House near Little Rock and sentenced to hang by Union occupation forces after a brief trial.
	www.heartofarkansas.com /history.html (1434 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		One of the most ambitious tasks of the Gen. Joseph E. Johnston Camp # 28 is the Confederate Memorial Hall.
		The Confederate Memorial Hall was opened for a brief look during the Confederate Illuminated Walking Tour in 1998.
		The Confederate Memorial Hall is a memorial to those soldiers.
	tennessee-scv.org /camp28/project6.htm (266 words)

	Presenting the Civil War
		At the beginning of September 1861 Confederate general Leonidas Polk occupied Columbus and began erecting fortifications to defend the Mississippi River.
		He was forced to withdraw after overrunning the Confederate camp when the guns from Columbus opened fire on his troops.
		In preparing to defend Bowling Green, Confederate forces seized Lock and Dams 3 and 4 on the Green River and heavily damaged Number 3 to prevent Union forces from using the river to attack their position in what became the Confederate capitol of Kentucky.
	campus.murraystate.edu /academic/faculty/Bill.Mulligan/ovhc96.htm (2151 words)

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		Little Rock National Cemetery at 2523 Confederate Boulevard in Little Rock was initially used as a campground by U.S. troops.
		Of particular note is the sculpture erected by the people of Minnesota to honor their troops who are buried in the cemetery.
		Confederate Soldiers Monument and Monument to Confederate Women, State Capitol, Little Rock.
	www.arkansaspreservation.org /printerFriendly.asp?printPage=/preservation-services/civil-war-heritage-trail/central_civilwar.asp (483 words)

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		RANSONE, Augustus A. - Pvt, Co. I, 23rd Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, South of Jonesboro, Craighead Co., AR
		ROBINS, J.W. - Pvt, Co. G, 30th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Austin, AR - Co. H, 1st Ark Cav, CSA; died 21 Aug 1864 at Fort Delaware as a Prisoner of War; buried at Finn's Point National Cemetery
		ROBINSON, Wallace - Co. I, Unknown Ark, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 27 Oct 1861
	egerdes.tripod.com /acwmr.html (2782 words)

	Civil War Monuments in Ohio
		The grave monument for Edwin Coppock in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Salem notes that he was "A martyr to the cause of Liberty." Also with John Brown at Harpers Ferry, Coppock was hanged on December 16, 1859.
		In the Maple Grove Cemetery in Ravenna, there is a large grave monument to Henry and Rebecca Brantley who escaped from slavery in Tennessee in 1862 and settled in Ravenna where they "lived honest and industrious lives." This monument is inscribed with the word "Emancipation" and the symbol of the hand with a broken manacle.
		Located in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, the monument to Lytle is a tall granite column with an eagle at the top and a bronze plaque depicting the Battle of Chickamauga where Lytle died.
	library.cincymuseum.org /cwdetails7help.htm (2865 words)

	Confederate Burials at the Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia
		Confederate Burials at the Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia
		The first was "A History of Rome and Floyd County" by George Magruder Battey, published by The Webb and Vary Co., c1922, pages 622-624.
		The second source was "Roster of Confederate graves" by the Georgia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy, Centennial edition.
	www.mindspring.com /~jcherepy/genealogy/mhb.html (1325 words)

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