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Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Confederate Cemetery
Historic Oakwood Cemetery is located in North Carolina
Historic Oakwood Cemetery
Historic Oakwood Cemetery is located in the United States
Historic Oakwood Cemetery
LocationOakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina
Area190 acres (77 ha)
Part ofOakwood Historic District (ID74001380[1])
Added to NRHPJune 25, 1974

Historic Oakwood Cemetery was founded in 1869 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital of North Carolina, near the North Carolina State Capitol in the city's Historic Oakwood neighborhood. Historic Oakwood Cemetery contains two special areas within its 102 acres (41 ha), the Confederate Cemetery,[2] located on the original 2+1⁄2 acres (1 ha), and the Hebrew Cemetery, both given for that purpose by Henry Mordecai in 1867.

Notable burials

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Raleigh’s Confederate Cemetery
  3. ^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #3038. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
  4. ^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #3806. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
  5. ^ Monument created by Robert Mihaly – Chicago Sun Times: Credits
  6. ^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #5749. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
  7. ^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #10149. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
  8. ^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #12913. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.

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