Cedar Hill Cemetery (Vicksburg, Mississippi)

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After the American Civil War, a portion of Cedar Hill Cemetery was set aside for the burial of Confederate soldiers who died of sickness or wounds. This burial site was designated Soldiers' Rest and contains the graves of some 5,000 Confederate soldiers, with 1,600 identified.

• John Stevens Bowen (1830–1863), Confederate major general during the American Civil War.[http://battleofchampionhill.org/history/bowen.htm The death of General John Bowen] Retrieved 2015-08-18.
• Walker Brooke (1813–1869), U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1852–53).[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000872 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Brooke, Walker)] Retrieved 2015-08-18.
• Beverly Francis Carradine (1848–1931), noted author and Methodist minister.[http://www.vicksburg.org/index.php/tombstone-database-search/2262 Cedar Hill Cemetery tombstone database (Carradine, Beverly, DD, Rev.)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093156/http://www.vicksburg.org/index.php/tombstone-database-search/2262 |date=2016-03-04 }} Retrieved 2015-08-19.
• Thomas C. Catchings (1847–1927), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1885–1901).[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000247 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Catchings, Thomas Clendinen)] Retrieved 2015-08-18.
• Nicholas Daniel Coleman (1800–1874), U.S. Representative from Kentucky (1829–31).[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000620 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Coleman, Nicholas Daniel)] Retrieved 2015-08-18.
• James William Collier (1872–1933), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1909–33).[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000630 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Collier, James William)] Retrieved 2015-08-18.
• Caroline Russell Compton (1907–1987), noted Mississippi artist.[http://www.vicksburg.org/index.php/interments-database-search/8058 Cedar Hill Cemetery interment database (Compton, Caroline)] Retrieved 2015-08-18.
• Douglas the camel was a domesticated camel used by the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.[http://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/us-reg-and-unclassified-units.htm Vicksburg National Military Park: United States Regulars and Unclassified Units] Retrieved 2015-08-19.
• Isham Warren Garrott (1816–1863), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War.[http://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/confederate-interments-g.htm Confederate interments (G), Soldiers' Rest] Retrieved 2015-08-18.
• Martin Edward Green (1815–1863), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War.
• Patrick Stevens Henry (1861–1933), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1901–03).[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000513 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Henry, Patrick)] Retrieved 2015-08-18.
• Elza Jeffords (1826–1885), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1883–85).[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000071 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Jeffords, Elza)] Retrieved 2015-08-18.
• William Augustus Lake (1808–1861), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1855–57).[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000026 Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Lake, William Augustus)] Retrieved 2015-08-18.
• Alexander Keith McClung (1811–1855), lieutenant colonel in 1st Mississippi Regiment during the Mexican–American War, and U.S. chargé d'affaires to Bolivia (1849–51).[http://www.vicksburg.org/index.php/tombstone-database-search/9426 Cedar Hill Cemetery tombstone database (McClung, Col. Alexander K.)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211073720/http://www.vicksburg.org/index.php/tombstone-database-search/9426 |date=2015-12-11 }} Retrieved 2015-08-18.
• Buddie Newman (1921–2002), Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=October 14, 2002|title=Former House speaker Buddie' Newman dies at 81|url=https://www.vicksburgpost.com/2002/10/14/former-house-speaker-buddie-newman-dies-at-81/|access-date=2020-08-19|website=The Vicksburg Post}}

• Vicksburg National Military Park

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