TN Army of Tennessee Vault in Metairie Cemetery

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There is a vault for the AoNV and AoTN in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans. Here are two pics of the Army of Tennessee vault. PGT Beauregard is buried inside. Interstate 10 is the road in the background.

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There is a vault for the AoNV and AoTN in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans. Here are two pics of the Army of Tennessee vault. PGT Beauregard is buried inside. Interstate 10 is the road in the background.

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Which is pictured? Only saw Hood's grave when I visited years ago.
 

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This turned out to be an interesting rabbit hole, 7th.

A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli also are known as barrows, burial mounds, or kurgans, and may be found throughout much of the world.
https://www.google.com/search?sourc...l=hp...0l5.0.0.0.5168...........0.LaIABDjTW3Y

"The Army of Tennessee tumulus is one of four monuments in Metairie Cemetery dedicated to men who fought in the Civil War. This is particularly interesting since Metairie Cemetery was founded seven years after the close of the Civil War. The statue of General Johnston was not unveiled until 1887, over twenty years after the war. But, in the South and in New Orleans, the memory of the Civil War was still very much alive even two decades later.

The tumulus is entered through a Gothic archway designed by a New Orleans sculptor, Achille Perelli. There are 48 crypts containing the remains of members of the Army, three of which are sealed for all time. The sealed crypts contain the remains of Colonel Charles Didier Dreux, the first Confederate field officer to be killed in battle; General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, who ordered the first shot fired at Fort Sumter and John Dimitry, the man who wrote General Johnston’s epitaph. The epitaph is on a large plaque at the back of the tumulus."

For more information about this tumulus:
http://www.mausoleums.com/portfolio/army-of-tennessee-tumulus-and-pierre-gustave-toutant-beauregard/
 
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This turned out to be an interesting rabbit hole, 7th.

It really did.

I highly recommend anyone visiting New Orleans add the Metairie Cemetery to their itinerary.

Most of the local tours focus on St. Louis Cemetery #1. That's a fascinating place as well, but be careful if you want real history.

Too many "tour" companies concentrate on themes such as New Orleans Vampires, phantoms and the ubiquitous Voodoo aspects of these stunning "Cities of the Dead" . . . as the cemeteries are sometimes described.
 
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I found a book while in Gettysburg in 2007 called Confederate Generals at Rest. We take it on every vacation and look for their grave sites. I need to find the same book for Union generals as well. The was a Union general buried across the street but we just couldn't find him. All the graves looked the same.
 
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