Confederate Cemetery - Okolona, MS.
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Confederate Cemetery on South Church Street (US 45) in Okolona, MS.
Waymark Code: WM3F44
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2008
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Confederate Cemetery on South Church Street (US 45) in Okolona, MS.
As a station on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Okolona was the site of a large hospital during the Civil War. In 1862, following the battle of Shiloh, hundreds of wounded Confederates were brought here by train. Those who died were buried in this graveyard adjoining the city cemetery. Other solders, either victims of disease or casualties of battle, are also buried here. In all, the Confederate Cemetery contains more than 800 dead, several hundred of whom remain unknown.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 2006
Date cemetery was established: 1862
Visiting hours:
None posted - sunrise to sunset.
Website pertaining to the cemetery: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
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We would also like to hear about any of your deceased family members who may be laid to rest in the cemetery.