City of Miami Cemetery

Founded in 1897, Miami's oldest cemetery contains the remains of at least 66 Confederate veterans and 27 Union veterans. A Confederate monument erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and surrounded by Confederate graves is located in a traffic ...

Manatee Burying Ground Cemetery

This cemetery contains the remains of at least ten Confederate veterans and officials including three delegates to the Florida Secession Convention - Ezekiel Glazier, James G. Cooper, and Dr. John C. Pelot, as well as at least three Union veterans ...

Greenwood Cemetery - St. Petersburg

Often called the Veteran's Cemetery due to the number of Civil War soldiers and sailors buried here, this cemetery contains the remains of at least 100 Confederate and Union veterans.

In 1900, two monuments were constructed at the center of the ...

Woodlawn Cemetery

This cemetery contains side by side plots of Confederate and Union veterans each with their own monument. The Confederate monument was erected in 1913 by the United Confederate Veterans and lists the names of the 30 veterans buried there.

The ...

Historic Oaklawn Cemetery

Oaklawn opened in 1859 as Tampa's first public cemetery. The first person buried here was an unnamed slave who was owned by the Lesley family. A slave burial ground is located in the center, along with grave sites of prominent ...

Geneva Cemetery

Convicted Lincoln conspirator and Alabama native, Lewis Thornton Powell enlisted in the Hamilton Blues Company, 2nd Florida Infantry in May, 1861. Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, Union soldiers hospitalized Powell in Baltimore.

Escaping from there ...

Oak Hill Cemetery-Bartow

This cemetery contains the remains of nearly 60 Confederate veterans including Jacob Summerlin and Evander McIver Law. Jacob Summerlin was a successful cattle businessman who was known as the Cattle King of South Florida, and as the King of the ...

Greenwood Cemetery

Established in 1880 and purchased by the City of Orlando in 1892, this cemetery contains both Confederate and Union sections.

Over 100 Confederate veterans and nearly 100 Union veterans are interred in the cemetery.

Among the Confederate veterans is William ...

Orange Springs Community Church and Cemetery

Constructed in c.1852, the land for the church and cemetery was donated by local businessman John W. Pearson, who also donated the materials for the church's construction. During the Civil War, Pearson organized, equipped and commanded the

Ocklawaha Rangers, a ...

Tolomato Cemetery

This cemetery contains the remains of Union veterans and at least 17 Confederate veterans. Also buried here is Florida Catholic Bishop Augustin Verot, known as the Rebel Bishop for his defense of the Confederate cause.

After the Civil War, Bishop ...