Located in the Confederate section of the Little Rock National Cemetery, the monument is dedicated to the memory of the Confederate soldiers. In 1868, the property was designated a national cemetery and the remains of 1,482 Civil War dead were removed from the area's battlefield graves and re-interred there. A Confederate cemetery was established adjacent to the national cemetery and remains of 640 Confederate soldiers, which had been buried at Little Rock's Mount Holly Cemetery were removed and re-interred there, as well. Erected by the Trustees of Mount Holly Cemetery, the memorial reads: "Here lie the remains of 640 Confederate soldiers from Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana who died in the years 1861, 62 and 1863.
Located in the Confederate section of the Little Rock National Cemetery, the monument is dedicated to the memory of the Confederate soldiers. In 1868, the property was designated a national cemetery and the remains of 1,482 Civil War dead were removed from the area's battlefield graves and re-interred there. A Confederate cemetery was established adjacent to the national cemetery and remains of 640 Confederate soldiers, which had been buried at Little Rock's Mount Holly Cemetery were removed and re-interred there, as well. Erected by the Trustees of Mount Holly Cemetery, the memorial reads: "Here lie the remains of 640 Confederate soldiers from Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana who died in the years 1861, 62 and 1863.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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