Near Cabot in Lonoke County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 6, 2022

1. Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery Marker

Inscription.
In memory of
unknown Texas
and Arkansas
Confederate
soldiers.
Act of
legislature
approved
May 11, 1905
Theo J. Young
William F. Gibson
and
Grandison Apple,
trustees

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 34° 56.762′ N, 91° 58.829′ W. Memorial is near Cabot, Arkansas, in Lonoke County. It is on Rye Drive 0.1 miles east of Lonoke County 267 when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 144 Rye Dr, Cabot AR 72023, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Little Rock Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of

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this marker, measured as the crow flies: Camp Nelson (a few steps from this marker); World War II Memorial (approx. 2.6 miles away); Oakland Grove (Old Austin) (approx. 2.8 miles away); Austin (approx. 2.8 miles away); Austin in the Civil War (approx. 2.8 miles away); C-130E (approx. 8.1 miles away); Civil War Soldiers Buried at Bayou Meto Cemetery (approx. 8½ miles away); Bayou Meto Historic Site (approx. 8.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cabot.

Also see . . . Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery. During the fall of 1862, the camp was stricken by measles, typhoid, mumps, and a variety of other diseases that proved fatal to as many as 1,500 soldiers, who were buried in graves throughout the countryside. (Mike Polston, Encyclopedia of Arkansas) (Submitted on November 29, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 6, 2022

2. Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 539 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 29, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.