Mount Olivet Cemetery - Civil War Discovery Trail Sites on Waymarking.com

Mount Olivet Cemetery has been a place of final rest since 1856. The cemetery was chartered under an act of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, and was named to honor the Mount of Olives where, according to biblical scripture, Jesus Christ ascended to heaven.

The cemetery is renown for its unusual crypts and monuments. One of the most outstanding features of the cemetery is the Confederate Circle—a plot of land located on the cemetery’s highest point to honor the Confederate dead. More than 1,500 Confederate soldiers are buried in the circle, which was purchased by the Ladies’ Memorial Society of Nashville. Vernon K. Stevenson, the first president of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, is interred in an exact replica of Napoleon Bonaparte’s tomb in Paris.

Seven Confederate generals are buried in or around the circle. They are William B. Bate, William N.R, Bealle, Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, William H. Jackson, George E. Maney, James E. Rains, and Thomas Benton Smith. Other prominent Nashville Confederates, Colonels Adolphus Heiman and Randall McGavock, lie nearby.

Type of site: Cemetery Address: 1101 Lebanon Pike Nashville, TN USA 37210 Phone Number: 615-255-4193 Admission Charged: No Charge Website: [Web Link] Driving Directions: In Nashville, Tennessee, the Cemetery lies near the Cumberland River to the south between Lebanon Pike and Elm Hill Pike. From whatever direction you come into Nashville try to get to I-40 toward the east of downtown and take the Briley Parkway North exit. From Briley Parkway (Hwy. 155) take the Donelson/Lebanon Pike exit and go west a couple of miles and the cemetery is on your left.

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