Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Cemetery

Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Cemetery

Location within Georgia

Details
Established 1872
Location Jonesboro, Georgia
Country United States
Coordinates 33°31′49″N 84°21′14″W / 33.5302°N 84.353949°W / 33.5302; -84.353949
No. of graves 600 - 1,000

Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Cemetery is a memorial cemetery located in the city of Jonesboro, Georgia, United States. It was named in honor of General Patrick Cleburne. This cemetery was a burial site for Confederate soldiers who died in the Battle of Jonesboro in 1864. This cemetery is open daily until dusk. It is one of six Confederate cemeteries maintained by the Georgia Building Authority.[1]

After the Battle of Jonesboro, fallen soldiers under leadership of Stephen D. Lee and William J. Hardee were buried as unknown soldiers where they initially died at. In 1872, after the American Civil War ended, the Georgia General Assembly funded $1,000 so that the soldiers could be relocated and reburied in a general area. Initially, each grave was marked with a tin marker; however, by the 1930s, the markers were gone. The Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Cemetery has 712 headstones with only three marked headstones. The three known soldiers in this cemetery are Agnatius Brooke, Robert Lindsay and Abner Joel Yancey.[1] The headstones are patterned in the shape of the Confederate Flag. The walkways are shaped in the letter X and graves fill in the triangles of the X.[2]

It is estimated that 600-1000 Confederate soldiers are buried here.[1] The history behind this cemetery and other confederate cemeteries in Georgia is a mystery and continues to be researched today. Organizations continue to preserve historic documents and present new information to understand the history of Georgia and its confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.[1]

Events and Traditions

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Georgia Building Authority, . (1997). Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Cemetery. Galileo. Retrieved (2010, September 1)
  2. (2005, July 28). 2005 Guide Book: Southside: About The Southside: Five Intriguing Places. The Atlanta Journal Constitution, 18GI.
  3. Jonesboro. Arcadia Publishing. 2007. p. 111. ISBN 0-7385-4355-1.
  4. Case, C. (1992, May 21). Confederate soldier honored Officer was killed in Clayton battle. The Atlanta Journal Constitution, K5.
  5. Souza, J. (1999, April 22). Confederate observances this weekend. The Atlanta Journal Constitution, 5JI.
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