Oakland Cemetery (Trenton, Tennessee)
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| Location | 800 Brownsville Street, Trenton, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°58′17″N 88°56′40″W / 35.97139°N 88.94444°W |
| Area | 31 acres (13 ha) |
| Built | 1825 |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000186[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 20, 2007 |
Oakland Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Trenton, Tennessee. Established in the Antebellum era, it includes two Confederate monuments, and a third monument to Trenton Cotton Mills employees. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The smaller Ward cemetery lies at the south-western corner of Oakland cemetery.
The cemetery was established in 1825.[2]
In the aftermath of the American Civil War of 1861–1865, many local veterans of the Confederate States Army were buried here.[2] By 1900, the United Daughters of the Confederacy commissioned the construction of a Confederate monument in their memory, with a Bonnie Blue Flag in the center.[2]
There is a second Confederate memorial with the names of CSA veterans in the cemetery: an inscription on the gazebo, enhanced by a metal plaque commissioned by the Sons of Confederate Veterans circa 1990.[2]
A third monument was erected by the Dyersburg Corporation for their employees at the historic Trenton Cotton Mills circa 1990.[2]
Notable burials include Confederate colonels Thomas Jones Freeman and Munson Rufus Hill as well as Congressmen Robert Porter Caldwell and James C. McDearmon.[2] Other notables include Congressman Pleasant Moorman Miller.
The cemetery has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 20, 2007.[1]
