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Oakland Cemetery (also known as Confederate Cemetery) is a historic cemetery in
Camden, Arkansas Camden is a city in and the county seat of Ouachita County in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city is located about 100 miles south of Little Rock. Situated on bluffs overlooking the Ouachita River, the city developed ...
, located on Maul Road between Pearl Street and Madison Avenue. Established in 1830, it is the city's oldest cemetery. It consists of just over of land donated in that year by William L. Bradley, one of Camden's founders. It is the burial site of many of Camden's leading citizens. Among them is
James Thomas Elliott James Thomas Elliott (April 22, 1823 – July 28, 1875) was a United States Representative for the state of Arkansas. He held the position for forty-nine days in 1869. Background Born in 1823 A native of Columbus, Georgia, Elliott atten ...
(1823–1875), a former Confederate soldier who represented Arkansas's 2nd District as a Republican. An area of just under one acre which is separated from the rest of the cemetery by a chain fence is reserved for Camden's
Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...
fallen, and features a granite obelisk topped by a cannonball. There are 231 graves in this section, including both known and unknown individuals. The entire cemetery was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2000. The Confederate section of the cemetery was separately listed on the National Register in 1996.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Ouachita County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ouachita County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ouachita County, A ...


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* * Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Buildings and structures completed in 1830 Buildings and structures in Camden, Arkansas 1830 establishments in Arkansas Territory Protected areas of Ouachita County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Ouachita County, Arkansas Cemeteries established in the 1830s {{US-cemetery-stub