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File Name
shades_oliv_0001.jpg
Creator
McGill
,
J
.
Andrew
,
photographer
Title
Mt
.
Olivet
Cemetery
Confederate
Circle
Alternate Title
Confederate Circle, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
Date
ca.
1870
Genre
Photographs
Description
Park-like
setting
in
which
a
stone
obelisk
topped
with a
uniformed
soldier
stands
surrounded
by a
paved
circular
walkway
, with
two
flags
bearing
the
Confederate
"
stars
and
bars
"
planted
on the
lawn
on
either
side
of the
walkway
entrance
.
Various
tombstones
and a
small
mausoleum
are also
visible
in the
vicinity
.
Historical note
The
Confederate
Circle
at
Mt
.
Olivet
Cemetery
was
created
in
1869
as
part
of a
reinterment
project
designed
to
honor
approximately
1500
Confederate
soldiers
who
died
in and
around
Nashville
during
the
Civil
War
.
Members
of the
Ladies
Memorial
Society
purchased
a
prominent
location
on a
hill
within
the
existing
1855
cemetery
.
Officials
and
dignitaries
attended
the
dedication
of the
new
burial
ground
on
9
May
1869
,
which
was
declared
the
local
"
Decoration
Day
" in
Nashville
. The
program
also
encompassed
a
visit
to
decorate
graves
at the
old
City
Cemetery
, from
which
some
of the
dead
were
being
transferred
.
Subject
Mount
Olivet
Cemetery
(Nashville
,
Tenn.)
;
United
States--History--Civil
War
,
1961-1865--Cemeteries--Confederate
;
Tombs
and
Sepulchral
Monuments
Theme
The Persistence of Memory
Story
Remembrance: Monuments and Cemeteries
Geographic Location
United
States--Tennessee--Nashville
Time period
1870-1879
Credit line
Photograph by J. Andrew McGill
Type
Still
image
Format
image/jp2
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,176
Archival file
shades3/shades_oliv_0001.jpg
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