Cedar Hill Cemetery, also known as the City of Vicksburg Cemetery and Soldiers Rest Cemetery, is one of the "...oldest and largest cemeteries in the United States that is still in use". Establishment of Cedar Hill Cemetery predates the

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.Vicksburg National Military Park – Soldiers' Rest History
Retrieved 2015-08-19.

Soldiers' Rest burial site

After the American Civil War, a portion of Cedar Hill Cemetery was set aside for the burial of

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soldiers who died of sickness or wounds. This burial site was designated ''Soldiers' Rest'' and contains the graves of some 5,000 Confederate soldiers, with 1,600 identified.

Notable interments

* John Stevens Bowen (1830–1863), Confederate major general during the American Civil War. * Walker Brooke (1813–1869),

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(1852–53). * Beverly Francis Carradine (1848–1931), noted author and

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minister. * Thomas C. Catchings (1847–1927),

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from Mississippi (1885–1901). * Nicholas Daniel Coleman (1800–1874), U.S. Representative from

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(1829–31). * James William Collier (1872–1933), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1909–33). * Caroline Russell Compton (1907–1987), noted Mississippi artist. * Douglas the camel was a domesticated

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used by the

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during the American Civil War. * Isham Warren Garrott (1816–1863), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War.Confederate interments (G), Soldiers' Rest
Retrieved 2015-08-18. * Martin Edward Green (1815–1863), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. * Patrick Stevens Henry (1861–1933), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1901–03). * Elza Jeffords (1826–1885), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1883–85). * William Augustus Lake (1808–1861), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1855–57). * Alexander Keith McClung (1811–1855), lieutenant colonel in 1st Mississippi Regiment during the

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(1849–51). * Buddie Newman (1921–2002), Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Cemeteries in Mississippi Protected areas of Warren County, Mississippi Confederate States of America cemeteries Buildings and structures in Vicksburg, Mississippi

Soldiers' Rest burial site

Notable interments

See also

References

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