West End Cemetery

In this cemetery, during the last year of the War Between the States, a number of Confederate soldiers, 17 of them unknown, were buried. Memorial services for these soldiers were held as early as 1869. In 1871, on Memorial Day, ...

Confederate Cemetery

Perryville

When the Battle of Perryville ended, hundreds of dead soldiers were left on the battlefield. The Confederates, who attacked the Union battle lines, lost 532 killed, 2,641 wounded, and 228 missing (3,401 total). Federal losses were just as staggering. The ...

Oakland Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Jackson River Station

Around 1857, the Virginia Central Railroad completed the Jackson River Depot and was the terminus of the railroad for trains and travelers heading west. Travelers had to continue their travels by horseback or stagecoach. They often stayed in ...

Radnor Cemetery Lych Gate

Built in 1910, this lych gate was designed by local architect William Robert Powell to commemorate early settlers of Radnor who emigrated from Wales. Traditional in England and Wales, lych gates are covered gateways used to shelter coffins until clergymen ...

Oakland Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

A Brief History

William Henry Haynes, Sr. donated land for the Oakland Church and cemetery in 1811 to trustees James M. Montague, John P. Haynes, David Williamson and William H. Haynes, Jr. But the deed was not recorded until 1859. The ...

Sacramento Valley National Cemetery

Dedicated to the memory of

all the patriotic men and women

who answered their country’s call to service.

George W. Bush

President of the Untied States

R. James Nicholson

Secretary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

William F. Tuerk

Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs

National Cemetery Administration

[Second Plaque:]

From The Bivouac of ...

Cemetery / Command Officer’s Quarters

The two mounds of stones inside the square formed by the granite posts, were thought to be the camp cemetery. Accordingly, a memorial marker was erected to mark the site in 1902.

Archaeology work has proven this site to be ...

Friendship Cemetery

This site was donated by Arnold Milner, owner of a farm on the Etowah River, to be used for a church and cemetery for his family and friends. Friendship Presbyterian Church held its first services here on February 26, 1843. ...

Soldiers' National Cemetery

"Here where they fell,

Oft shall the widow's tear be shed,

Oft shall fond parents mourn their dead;

The orphan here shall kneel and weep..."

Hymn by Benjamin B. French

Sung at cemetery dedication

November 19, 1863

Soldiers' National Cemetery contains the graves of more than 6,000 ...

Stephens Family Cemetery

Buried here are eight members of the Innis, Mazeen, and Stephens families, including the most famous of them all: Martha Stephens.

Local children knew Martha Stephens as "Granny." They also remembered her ever-present apron, the pipe often clenched in her teeth, ...