Confederate Burial Ground
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jdwms_1950
N 32° 18.487 W 090° 10.968
15S E 765252 N 3578076
Confederate Burial Ground - Jackson MS
Located in Greenwood Cemetery
Waymark Code: WM5J0Q
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 01/11/2009
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Confederate Burial Ground
Over 450 Confederate soldiers who died in and around Jackson during the Civil War are buried here. Their names are known but not the exact site of each grave, as some were reburied here from graves where they fell. As Jackson awaited the final surrender, citizens, inspired by Sue Landon Vaughan, gathered here to decorate the soldiers' graves. Inscribed in the Confederate monument on the Old Capitol Green are the words "Decoration Day Originated in Jackson, Miss. April 26, 1865."
Date Installed:: 2007/01/01
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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