Find a Grave (Military Cemetery-Little Rock National)

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Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA

Notes: Early in the Civil War, the land that is currently the national cemetery was located outside Little Rock city limits and was used for Union encampments. With Union troops still occupying the city in 1866, a portion of the new city cemetery was purchased by the government and set aside for military interments. ... In 1884, an 11-acre Confederate cemetery was established adjacent to the national cemetery. The remains of 640 Confederate soldiers were removed from Mt. Holly Cemetery in Little Rock and reburied here. In 1913, Congress authorized the Secretary of War to accept a deed from the City of Little Rock for the Confederate cemetery, with the restriction that only Confederate veterans could be interred on the newly acquired land. In 1938, this restriction was removed, and the Confederate cemetery became the Confederate Section of Little Rock National Cemetery.

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