Okolona in Chickasaw County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Confederate Cemetery

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017

1. Confederate Cemetery Marker

Inscription. As a station on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Okolona was the site of a large hospital during the Civil War. In 1862, following the battle of Shiloh, hundreds of wounded Confederates were brought here by train. Those who died were buried in this graveyard adjoining the city cemetery. Other soldiers, victims of disease or casualties of battle, are also buried here. In all, the Confederate Cemetery contains more than 800 dead, several hundred of whom remain unknown.

Erected 2006 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Railroads & Streetcars • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1862.

Location. 33° 59.92′ N, 88° 45.284′ W. Marker is in Okolona, Mississippi, in Chickasaw County. It can be reached from the intersection of Park Lane Drive and South Church Street (Route 245). Located in the center of the Confederate Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Park Lane Drive, Okolona MS 38860, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Black Prairie

and in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chickasaw County Confederate Tribute (a few steps from this

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marker); Okolona (within shouting distance of this marker); Okolona Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Okolona in the Civil War (approx. 0.6 miles away); Our Confederate Dead Soldiers' Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Okolona (approx. one mile away); Battle of Okolona (approx. 1.3 miles away); Okolona College (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Okolona.

Okolona Confederate Cemetery entrance. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017

2. Okolona Confederate Cemetery entrance.

Confederate Cemetery graves including many unknown. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017

3. Confederate Cemetery graves including many unknown.

Confederate Cemetery posters, located in the cemetery, including listings of burials. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton

4. Confederate Cemetery posters, located in the cemetery, including listings of burials.

Flags with small plaques listing war dead. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017

5. Flags with small plaques listing war dead.

13 flags and poles representing the 12 states of soldiers buried at the cemetery and one flag representing the unknown soldiers. War dead by state: TX-49, TN-34, SC-11, NC-1, MO-7, MS-74, LA-57, KY-12, GA-5, FL-1, AR-101, AL-115, Unknown-318

Credits. This page was last revised on April 14, 2017. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,160 times since then and 78 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 13, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.