Eastside Promise Neighborhood in San Antonio in Bexar County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Confederate Cemetery
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., March 31, 2010
1. Confederate Cemetery Marker
This cemetery is located within part of a 40-acre grant of land given to the city of San Antonio by the King of Spain. The property was later subdivided into twenty-nine separate cemeteries by city aldermen, and this area was designated as City Cemetery Number Four.
This section became known as the Confederate Cemetery after its purchase in 1885 by the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp No. 1 United Confederate Veterans. The earliest documented burial in this plot, that of Charles Hutcheson, dates to 1855 and was already in place at the time of the camp’s purchase.
Prominent Confederate veterans interred here include John Salmon “Rip” Ford, the pioneer Texas political leader and newspaper editor famous for his service as a Texas Ranger, George Wythe Baylor, a political and military leader, and Hamilton P. Bee, Confederate general and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. There are over 900 marked burials in the Confederate Cemetery, including those of Civil War veterans, their dependents, and later generations of descendants. Also interred here are veterans of World War I and World War II.
Erected 1989 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 1023.)
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Location. 29° 25.237′ N, 98° 27.836′ W. Marker is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County. It is in the Eastside Promise Neighborhood. Marker is in City Cemetery #4 (AKA Confederate Cemetery), with entrance east off Palmetto Street. Marker is about 750 feet ESE of the San Antonio National Cemetery, and about 500 feet ESE of the intersection of N. Palmetto and Paso Hondo Streets. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: San Antonio TX 78202, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Colonel George Wythe Baylor (a few steps from this marker); John Salmon "Rip" Ford (within shouting distance of this marker); Hamilton P. Bee (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bivouac of the Dead (approx. 0.2 miles away); Gettysburg Address (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Historic African American Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Captain Lee Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Folded Flag Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Antonio.
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Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., March 31, 2010
2. Confederate Cemetery and Marker
Looking NE toward Paso Hondo Street in background.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., March 31, 2010
3. Confederate Cemetery
Looking north toward 800 block of Paso Hondo Street in background.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., March 31, 2010
4. Colonel George Baylor Grave Markers
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., March 31, 2010
5. Historic Texas Cemetery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 2,530 times since then and 70 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 26, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
