Postcard, Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery
Object number2010.056.02
Date1910
Mediumpaper and ink
Dimensions5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (13.7 x 8.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionBlack and white photographic postcard showing the Confederate Cemetery in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The monument was dedicated in 1897. This cemetery is the final resting place for approximately 500 Confederate soldiers who fell at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, and Fayetteville.This cemetery was created when the women of the Southern Medical Association purchased three acres atop East Mountain (which is now Mount Sequoyah) in 1872.
Status
Not on view
May 1, 1865
Unknown Date
Sept. 22, 1892
February 28 - April 30, 1863