Jonesboro Confederate
Cemetery
Patrick R. Cleburne Memorial Cemetery
[33.530291N,
-84.353590W]
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Named for Confederate General Patrick R.Cleburne |
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Right column inscription. |
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Left column inscription. |
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The cemetery contains between 600 and 1000 soldiers |
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some of whom were exhumed from battlefield graves in 1872 and reburied within the cemetery. |
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The headstones, which are unmarked, are laid out in the shape of the Confederate Battle Flag. |
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Battlefield of Jonesboro Confederate Cemetery Eastward Across Railroad |
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