Confederate Soldiers Memorial Bridge
CSA Hospital at Clarksville Female Academy
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The Clarksville Female Academy and Soldiers Buried There. In 1862 the Academy buildings were occupied by both Confederate and Federal forces, as a hospital. 305 Soldiers died while hospitalized in Clarksville. Casualities represented at least 6 states of the Confederacy. In 1897, 127 were exhumed after some of the remains were exposed by a landslide and reburied in Riverview Cemetery, leaving 178 bodies still buried under what is now the Confederate Memorial Bridge.Check this link.. http://www.cemeteryworks.com/clkvltn_cc.html |
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Blanche Lewis A student at the Academy -took it upon herself to document the names and if possible the states of origin of the casualities. Her record provides the only accurate list of those who died. |
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Confederate Soldiers Plaque at Riverview Cemetery One of two plaques placed at Riverview Cemetery in May of 2001 to honor the 305 Confederate Soldiers that died in Clarksville following the Battle of Fort Donelson. |
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Confederate Soldiers Plaque at Riverview Cemetery The second of the two plaques placed at Riverview Cemetery in May 2005 to honor the 305 Confederate Soldiers buried at the Clarksville Female Academy and of those 305, the 127 that were moved to Riverview Cemetery. |
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