Nashville National Cemetery
Coordinates: 36°14′28″N 86°43′35″W / 36.241184°N 86.726407°W
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| Location | 1420 Gallatin Rd., S |
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| Nearest city | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Governing body | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| MPS | Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 96000966 |
| Added to NRHP | December 20, 1996 |
Nashville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Madison, a suburb of Nashville, in Davidson County, Tennessee. It encompasses 64.5 acres (26.1 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 34,637 interments.
History
The initial land for Nashville National Cemetery was acquired in July 1866. A tract of 45 acres was transferred to the United States from Morton B. Howell, Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Davidson County, in accordance with a decree of the court in the case of Anderson v. McRoberts & McKee, docket # 2153. The deed was recorded in January of 1867, Davidson County deed book 38, page 648. Another 17 acres was conveyed by the Clerk and Master, from the same case, in January 1867 and recorded in Davidson County deed book 38, page 650. In October of 1879 a small tract was deeded from J. Watts Judson and recorded in Davidson County deed book 63, page 360.
The original interments were transferred from the Nashville City Cemetery, veteran hospital cemeteries around the region, as well as battlefield cemeteries, such as those from the Battle of Franklin. There are over four thousand unknowns buried in Nashville National Cemetery.
Nashville National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
The American flag is proudly flown 24 hours a day as a symbol of our diligence to ensure that the consecrated grounds of this cemetery will remain a living trust in remembrance of the men and women who are at eternal rest.
Notable interments
- Private John Carr, Medal of Honor recipient for action in Arizona Territory during the Indian Wars.
- Private Charles P. Cantrell, Medal of Honor recipient for action during the Spanish-American War.
- Chaplain Erastus M. Cravath, one of the founders of Fisk University.
- Colonel Edward S. Jones, founder of the Georgia Grand Army of the Republic.
- Corporal William Franklin Lyell, Medal of Honor recipient for action during Korean War.
- Augustus Herman Pettibone, US Congressman.
- Barry A. Sadler, Vietnam War veteran, and writer of the song Ballad of the Green Berets.
- Teddy & Doyle Wilburn, brothers and country music stars.
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