Confederate Cemetery

Confederate Cemetery (HMK4Q)

Location: San Antonio, TX 78202 Bexar County
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Country: United States of America
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N 29° 25.237', W 98° 27.836'

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This cemetery is located within part of a 40-acre grant of land given to the city of San Antonio by the King of Spain. The property was later subdivided into twenty-nine separate cemeteries by city aldermen, and this area was designated as City Cemetery Number Four.

This section became known as the Confederate Cemetery after its purchase in 1885 by the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp No. 1 United Confederate Veterans. The earliest documented burial in this plot, that of Charles Hutcheson, dates to 1855 and was already in place at the time of the camp's purchase.

Prominent Confederate veterans interred here include John Salmon "Rip" Ford, the pioneer Texas political leader and newspaper editor famous for his service as a Texas Ranger, George Wythe Baylor, a political and military leader, and Hamilton P. Bee, Confederate general and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. There are over 900 marked burials in the Confederate Cemetery, including those of Civil War veterans, their dependents, and later generations of descendants. Also interred here are veterans of World War I and World War II.
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HM NumberHMK4Q
Series This marker is part of the Sons of Confederate Veterans/United Confederate Veterans series
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Year Placed1989
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, October 24th, 2014 at 7:21pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 552000 N 3254707
Decimal Degrees29.42061667, -98.46393333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 25.237', W 98° 27.836'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 25' 14.22" N, 98° 27' 50.16" W
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Area Code(s)210
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 800-898 Paso Hondo St, San Antonio TX 78202, US
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