Monument Monday, August 5, 2019

[James N.]

This week Monument Monday visits the handsome Confederate Monument in Downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas' Confederate Cemetery, resting place of unknowns from the battles of Pea Ridge/Elkhorn Tavern, Prairie Grove, and other lesser-known engagements and skirmishes in Northeastern Arkansas. Also resting here is Brig. Gen. William Y. Slack, mortally wounded at Elkhorn.

In addition to Arkansas on the base of the front of the monument, the names of other Confederate States whose soldiers lie in the cemetery appear on other sides of the base: Texas, Missouri, and Louisiana.

 

[Kurt G]

Confederate cemetery at Manassas.

 

[James N.]

Confederate cemetery at Manassas
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That's ironic - I almost chose Palmer's stone for today's thread myself!

 

[luinrina]

Confederate Cemetery at Kenmore, Fredericksburg

 

[donna]

Excellent photos.

 

[rebel brit]

Marietta Confederate Cemetery

 

[kel1985]

Great thread today, I like to visit the Confederate cemeteries, they seem to be forgotten.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

* Old Washington Cemetery in Old Washington, Ohio. Three of Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's Raiders killed in a skirmish near this town during the "Great Raid of 1863" into the states of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

Maybe not a Confederate Cemetery, but its a monument to a Confederate soldier in the cemetery he founded. Or rather gave the land for.

An small, if humble monument compared to most, but one I always look on with pride. John Wilson Pepper was my GG-Grandfather.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Great thread today, I like to visit the Confederate cemeteries, they seem to be forgotten.

Golden Thread - Confederate States of America Cemeteries | Civil War Cemeteries: Where Valor Proudly Sleeps

Photos, descriptions, and notes about cemeteries that contain Confederate graves.

civilwartalk.com

Thanks, James N.

 

[JOHN42768]

Very nice, thanks

 

[Zella]

Hey, James, where is that cemetery in Fayetteville? Some of those buildings in the back look familiar to me, but I am second-guessing myself.

 

[Garandguy]

So many, but just keep coming back to this one at Shiloh....

 

[Seduzal]

Thanks for sharing this awesome story and photos.

 

[James N.]

Hey, James, where is that cemetery in Fayetteville? Some of those buildings in the back look familiar to me, but I am second-guessing myself.

It's a little obscure to locate and the way to it is poorly marked, but it's so near the small historic downtown it's not very hard to find. Of course two things have occurred in recent decades, old U.S. Highway 71 from Fort Smith to Rogers that ran right through Fayetteville has been replaced by the Interstate that completely bypasses the town; and the northern and eastern sides have been entirely engulfed by the University of Arkansas. However, if you exit the Interstate on the old highway, now the U.S. 71 business route, and get into the middle of town, the Confederate Cemetery is only two or three blocks directly east. Here are a couple of related links:

AK - Confederate and U.S. National Cemeteries, Fayetteville, Arkansas | Civil War Cemeteries: Where Valor Proudly Sleeps

I just returned from another trip to Northwest Arkansas and Pea Ridge Battlefield, but this time I also spent time in once-sleepy but now overpopulated and overbuilt Fayetteville, home of the University of Arkansas which has about destroyed what charm was once here. In a still-quiet...

civilwartalk.com

Also nearby and better marked: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/headquarters-house-fayetteville-arkansas.99694/

 

[Zella]

It's a little obscure to locate and the way to it is poorly marked, but it's so near the small historic downtown it's not very hard to find. Of course two things have occurred in recent decades, old U.S. Highway 71 from Fort Smith to Rogers that ran right through Fayetteville has been replaced by the Interstate that completely bypasses the town; and the northern and eastern sides have been entirely engulfed by the University of Arkansas. However, if you exit the Interstate on the old highway, now the U.S. 71 business route, and get into the middle of town, the Confederate Cemetery is only two or three blocks directly east. Here are a couple of related links:

AK - Confederate and U.S. National Cemeteries, Fayetteville, Arkansas | Civil War Cemeteries: Where Valor Proudly Sleeps

I just returned from another trip to Northwest Arkansas and Pea Ridge Battlefield, but this time I also spent time in once-sleepy but now overpopulated and overbuilt Fayetteville, home of the University of Arkansas which has about destroyed what charm was once here. In a still-quiet...

civilwartalk.com

Also nearby and better marked: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/headquarters-house-fayetteville-arkansas.99694/

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Thanks, James! I drove by these 2 places every day for a couple of years while I was a student at the U of A and had no idea! That time predates my Civil War interest, though. Will have to check them out next time I find myself in Fayetteville and am not in a hurry for an appointment.

 

[rebracer]

These are all great, thank you for sharing them.

 

[DixieRifles]

This week Monument Monday visits the handsome Confederate Monument in Downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas' Confederate Cemetery,

Very nice statue and memorial. You would think those cannons would have been broken due to age. It makes you wonder if that "log" under the soldier's foot will fall on someone's head.

 

[DixieRifles]

An small, if humble monument compared to most, but one I always look on with pride. John Wilson Pepper was my GG-Grandfather.

But where is this located?

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

But where is this located?

I suppose that's a "my bad" Chalk Hill Cemetery, Rusk County, Texas