The Confederate Circle at Evergreen

Within this circle are the remains of more than 2,000 Confederate soldiers who died in battles in and around Murfreesboro during the War Between the States from 1861 to 1865. They were first buried on the battlefields where they fell defending their native Southland. In 1867, under the direction of Captain Edwin Arnold, they were moved to the original Confederate cemetery two miles south of Murfreesboro on the Shelbyville highway. In February 1890, this plot was granted to Joseph Palmer Bivouac No. 10 of the Association of Confederate Soldiers Tennessee Division. In 1891, the Ladies Memorial Association moved these remains here to their final resting place. Soldiers from nearly every southern state are buried here, and most are unknown. The marble shaft was placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy Murfreesboro Chapter No. 91 and unveiled during their Tennessee Divisions Convention in May 1915. The granite tablets were placed by the Sons of Confederate Veterans Murfreesboro Camp No. 33 on April 21, 2001 during the Sons of Confederate Veterans Tennessee Division Reunion.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee · United States