Cedar Hill Cemetery (Vicksburg, Mississippi)

Cedar Hill Cemetery, also known as the City of Vicksburg Cemetery, is one of the "...oldest and largest cemeteries in the United States that is still in use".[1] Establishment of Cedar Hill Cemetery predates the American Civil War.[3]

Soldiers' Rest within Cedar Hill Cemetery

Cedar Hill Cemetery

Aerial view of Cedar Hill Cemetery
Cedar Hill Cemetery Cedar Hill Cemetery (Vicksburg, Mississippi) (the United States)
Details
Location	326 Lovers Lane, Vicksburg, Mississippi[1]
Country	United States
Coordinates	32.3658°N 90.8596°W[2]
Owned by	City of Vicksburg
No. of graves	>17,000 (March 2015)[1]
Find a Grave	Cedar Hill Cemetery
The Political Graveyard	Cedar Hill Cemetery

Soldiers' Rest burial site

After the American Civil War, a portion of Cedar Hill Cemetery was set aside for the burial of Confederate soldiers who died of sickness or wounds.[3] This burial site was designated Soldiers' Rest and contains the graves of some 5,000 Confederate soldiers, with 1,600 identified.[3]

Notable interments

• John Stevens Bowen (1830 – 1863), Confederate major general during the American Civil War.[4]
• Walker Brooke (1813 – 1869), U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1852 to 1853).[5]
• Beverly Francis Carradine (1848 – 1931), noted author and Methodist minister.[6]
• Thomas C. Catchings (1847 – 1927), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1885 to 1901).[7]
• Nicholas Daniel Coleman (1800 – 1874), U.S. Representative from Kentucky (1829 to 1831).[8]
• James William Collier (1872 – 1933), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1909 to 1933).[9]
• Caroline Russell Compton (1907 − 1987), noted Mississippi artist.[10]
• Douglas the camel was a domesticated camel used by the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.[11]
• Isham Warren Garrott (1816 – 1863), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War.[12]
• Martin Edward Green (1815 – 1863), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War.[12]
• Patrick Stevens Henry (1861 – 1933), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1901 to 1903).[13]
• Elza Jeffords (1826 – 1885), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1883 to 1885).[14]
• William Augustus Lake (1808 – 1861), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1855 to 1857).[15]
• Alexander Keith McClung (1811 – 1855), lieutenant colonel in 1st Mississippi Regiment during the Mexican–American War, and U.S. chargé d'affaires to Bolivia (1849 to 1851).[16]
• Buddie Newman (1921 – 2002), Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives[17]

References

1. Vicksburg City Departments—Cedar Hill Cemetery Retrieved 2015-08-18.
2. USGS National Map Viewer (Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, MS) Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite Retrieved 2015-08-18.
3. Vicksburg National Military Park—Soldiers' Rest History Retrieved 2015-08-19.
4. The death of General John Bowen Retrieved 2015-08-18.
5. Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Brooke, Walker) Retrieved 2015-08-18.
6. Cedar Hill Cemetery tombstone database (Carradine, Beverly, DD, Rev.) Retrieved 2015-08-19.
7. Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Catchings, Thomas Clendinen) Retrieved 2015-08-18.
8. Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Coleman, Nicholas Daniel) Retrieved 2015-08-18.
9. Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Collier, James William) Retrieved 2015-08-18.
10. Cedar Hill Cemetery interment database (Compton, Caroline) Retrieved 2015-08-18.
11. Vicksburg National Military Park: United States Regulars and Unclassified Units Retrieved 2015-08-19.
12. Confederate interments (G), Soldiers' Rest Retrieved 2015-08-18.
13. Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Henry, Patrick) Retrieved 2015-08-18.
14. Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Jeffords, Elza) Retrieved 2015-08-18.
15. Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Lake, William Augustus) Retrieved 2015-08-18.
16. Cedar Hill Cemetery tombstone database (McClung, Col. Alexander K.) Archived 2015-12-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2015-08-18.
17. "Former House speaker Buddie' Newman dies at 81". The Vicksburg Post. October 14, 2002. Retrieved 2020-08-19.