Oakland Cemetery - Trenton TN
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N 35° 58.281 W 088° 56.666
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Oakland Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Trenton, Tennessee. Established 1825 in the Antebellum era, it includes two Confederate monuments, and a third monument to Trenton Cotton Mills employees.
Waymark Code: WM18BGN
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2023
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From Wikipedia
"Oakland Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Trenton, Tennessee. Established in the Antebellum era, it includes two Confederate monuments, and a third monument to Trenton Cotton Mills employees. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The smaller Ward cemetery lies at the south-western corner of Oakland cemetery.
The cemetery was established in 1825.
In the aftermath of the American Civil War of 1861–1865, many local veterans of the Confederate States Army were buried here. By 1900, the United Daughters of the Confederacy commissioned the construction of a Confederate monument in their memory, with a Bonnie Blue Flag in the center.
There is a second Confederate memorial with the names of CSA veterans in the cemetery: an inscription on the gazebo, enhanced by a metal plaque commissioned by the Sons of Confederate Veterans circa 1990.
A third monument was erected by the Dyersburg Corporation for their employees at the historic Trenton Cotton Mills circa 1990.
Notable burials include Confederate colonels Thomas Jones Freeman and Munson Rufus Hill as well as Congressmen Robert Porter Caldwell and James C. McDearmon. Other notables include Congressman Pleasant Moorman Miller.
The cemetery has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 20, 2007."
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