Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery

Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery is located in Arkansas
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery is located in the United States
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery
LocationRye St., approximately 1 mi. NW of jct. of AR 321 and AR 319, Cabot, Arkansas
Coordinates34°56′46″N 91°58′50″W / 34.94611°N 91.98056°W / 34.94611; -91.98056
Built1905
MPSCivil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS
NRHP reference No.96000503[1]
Added to NRHPMay 3, 1996

Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery is a historic cemetery located near Cabot in northern Lonoke County, Arkansas and is near the site of a Confederate military camp Camp Hope (renamed Camp Nelson), where 1,500 Confederate soldiers died during an epidemic during the fall of 1862. Camp Nelson Cemetery is located on Rye Drive, just off Cherry Road, just off Mt. Carmel Road in north Lonoke County about 2 miles east of Cabot.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.