Nashville National Cemetery
Nashville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Madison, a suburb of Nashville, in Davidson County, Tennessee. It encompasses 64.5 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 34,637 interments.
History
At the end of the American Civil War, in July 1866, 45 acres were transferred to the federal government from land owner Morton B. Howell. In 1867 another 17 acres were acquired, and another portion was purchased in 1879 from J. Watts Judson.
The original interments were transferred from veteran hospital cemeteries around the region, as well as battlefield cemeteries, such as those from the Battle of Franklin. There are over four thousand unknowns buried in Nashville National Cemetery.
Nashville National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
Notable interments
- Private John Carr, Medal of Honor recipient for action in Arizona Territory during the Indian Wars.
- Private Charles P. Cantrell, Medal of Honor recipient for action during the Spanish-American War.
- Chaplain Erastus M. Cravath, one of the founders of Fisk University.
- Colonel Edward S. Jones, founder of the Georgia Grand Army of the Republic.
- Corporal William Franklin Lyell, Medal of Honor recipient for action during Korean War.
- Augustus Herman Pettibone, US Congressman.
- Barry A. Sadler, Vietnam War veteran, and writer of the song Ballad of the Green Berets.
- Teddy & Doyle Wilburn, brothers and country music stars.