Confederate Soldiers Rest, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis TN

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I took photos of 55 Confederate soldiers' gravestones while I was at the cemetery.

That is just a fraction of the more than 1,300 Confederate soldiers and veterans buried in the cemetery, with over 1,000 of those graves in the Fowler section of the cemetery known as Confederate Soldiers Rest.

Many of those graves remain without a military marker, but 945 do have a numbered concrete markers placed there by the Confederate Historical Association in 1886.

Included in this entry are the 55 photos I took, along with a brief transcription of the information on the stone, so that people searching for any of these soldiers might be able to find them when using Google or other search engines.

If your relative is among these 55 men, and you want the photo of the gravestone for your own personal genealogy or family records, I am expressly waiving copyright on the photos used for that purpose. Just right click and save the photo to your computer. I retain copyright for any photos that someone might want to use for a commercial purpose.

In other words, if you want to make money off the deal, we will have to get all formal with a written agreement about that.

While I was at Elmwood, I purchased a copy of John W Cothern's book, Confederates of Elmwood, which was carefully researched over a number of years. It has additional information about each of the soldiers, and I can do look-ups for anyone who thinks his or her Confederate soldier relative may be buried at Elmwood. Leave a comment with your request and I will reply to your comment here.




Adams William J
7 Mar 1862
C S Army


Anderson Eli
Mar 1862
Co I 12 Louisiana Inf


Brown Hiram R
1845-1927
Pvt Co K 22 Tenn Cav


Bryant James
13 Feb 1862
Co K Maxey's Texas Regt


Bull Cicero B
20 Feb 1862
Pvt Co F 15 Ark Inf


Carter Thomas Jefferson
1839-1927
Pvt Co F 7 Miss Cav


Clinton Alexander
1842-1917
Pvt Co A 38 Regt Tenn Inf


Collins Dennis
1840-1861
Pvt Co C 15 Regt Tenn Inf


Cook S P C
12 Feb 1862
Co D Maxey's Texas Regt


Curtic J R
28 Feb 1862
Co C 10 Ark Inf


Dalton Capt Kit
1843-1920
Quantelle's Raiders


Dempsey John J
28 Nov 1861
Pvt Co D 2 Tenn Regt


Dyer Andrew J
16 Mar 1862
Co J 12 Ark Regt


Foster T J
3 Mar 1862
Polk's Rangers 3 Div Miss Vols


Godwin B F
10 Mar 1862
Co I 11 Ark Inf


Goforth William
1 Dec 1861
Co C 13 Ark Regt


Graham A H
11 Feb 1862
Co F De Shea's Tenn Batt


Hartwell Washington
17 Mar 1862
Co F Baker's Regt


Henson W H
7 Mar 1862
12 LA Regt


Horton Thomas A
Pvt Co G 9 Texas Inf


Hunter James
9 Mar 1862
Co I 21 LA Inf


Johnekin John E
3 Mar 1862
Pvt Co C 15 Ark Inf


Johnes William R
1837-1918
Pvt Co I Tenn Cav


Jones J W
27 Feb 1862
Pvt Jones' Company


Jones N L
10 Mar 1862
Jones Tenn Hvy Arty


Jones William D
Dec 1861
Pvt Co C 10 Ark Inf


Lambright Louis T
1862
C S Army


Lane Morris
9 Mar 1862
CSS Ponchatrain Conf Sts Navy


McCurdy William P
28 Nov 1861
Co K 9 Ark Regt


McDaniel Daniel
3 Mar 1862
Pvt Co K 44 Miss Inf


Moore Edward
1845-1862
Pvt Co A 9 Texas Inf


Noonan John
16 Mar 1862
Craig's Kings Tenn Batt


Odell James
11 Mar 1862
Pvt Co I 11 Ark Inf


Patrick D
10 Feb 1862
Captain Thomasson's Co Ark Vol


Pentecost F J
4 Mar 1862
Pvt Co K 7 KY Mtd Inf


Peoples John W
3 Mar 1862
Pvt Co C 12 LA Inf


Phillips David P
27 Feb 1862
Serg Co D 3 Ark Inf


Phillips Lewis
1837-1861
Pvt C S Army


Pyburn John
5 Mar 1862
Co G 21 LA Inf


Rhine George
5 Feb 1862
Capt Gary's Co Ark Vols


Sackett James
13 Feb 1862
Thomasson Co Ark Vol


Seabrook John T
1848-1862
Pvt Co A 4 Regt Tenn Inf


Shanks M C
24 Mar 1862
Captain Thomasson's Co Ark Vol


Skeggs James M
22 Feb 1862
Pvt Co E 9 Texas Inf


Smedley H H
17 Feb 1862
Co H Maxey's Texas Regt


Smith Joel H
1844-1928
Pvt Co F 26 Miss Inf


Tippett Zacariah
1828-1862
Pvt Hughes Co MO State GDS


Vevers J
7 Mar 1862
12 LA Regt


Walker James A
27 Feb 1862
Pvt Co D 12 LA Inf


Wallace J
16 Mar 1862
Bankhead's Tenn Batt


Wells Julius
1840-1920
Pvt Co D 4 Tenn Inf


Wheeler James W
1838-1929
Pvt Capt Phillips Co Lt Arty


White J C H
1835-1861
Pvt Co K 40 Regt Tenn Inf


Whitehead William
3 Mar 1862
12 Ark Inf


Woods S K
5 Mar 1862
Co H McCown's Brigade