CSA Pensioner Cemetery -- Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas TX
N 32° 48.086 W 096° 48.002
14S E 705991 N 3631416
A small cemetery for impoverished Confederate veterans who received a pension from the State of Texas for their Civil War service.
Waymark Code: WMW720
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2017
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A dedicated section at Greenwood Cemetery was set aside for the burials of impoverished Confederate veterans who has applied for and been granted a pension from the State of Texas for their Civil War service. Although the state paid a small yearly pension, the best benefit for the veterans and their families was that the state paid for their funeral expenses and furnished a burial plot.
The small CSA veteran's cemetery is located along Hall Street at the front of Greenwood cemetery.
Date cemetery was established: 1874
Visiting hours:
dawn-dusk daily
Website pertaining to the cemetery: [Web Link]
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