Lowndes County, Mississippi Friendship Cemetery

(Graves listed at the bottom of this page). If you have information on your relative/ancestor who is buried in Friendship Cemetery, the city cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi, please send that to me and I will get it posted for you on this website.

During the Civil War years two portions of the cemetery were set aside for the burial of confederate soldiers. The outline in the burial book indicates the number of Confederate dead to be 2,194; however, in 1934 1,260 marble markers were installed and only 47 of those were inscribed with names. In 1976, with the discovery of an older record book, the names, units and grave numbers of an additional 298 soldiers and one nurse were revealed.

These were added to our known list of Confederate dead, and their markers are now installed. The remainder of the markers bear the inscription of "Unknown Confederate Soldier." In many cases there are discrepancies between the dates on the gravestones and in the burial books. The birth and death dates have been taken from the markers when available, but, if there is a variance of more than a few days, the date from the marker is noted in parentheses.

Both Confederate and Union soldiers who died in the 1862 Battle of Shiloh are buried in Friendship Cemetery at 14th Avenue and Fourth Street.

Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, has been called "Where Flowers Healed A Nation". On April 25, 1866 the ladies of Columbus, Mississippi decided to decorate both Confederate and Union soldiers' graves with garlands and bouquets of beautiful flowers. As a direct result of this kind gesture, Americans celebrate what has come to be called MEMORIAL DAY each year.

Confederate Soldiers (*BURIED IN SOUTH SECTION)

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O-P | R | S | T | U-Z

41st Georgia Regiment, Tombstone Inscriptions.

General Barksdale Camp listings of CSA Interments at Friendship Cemetery, an off-site link.

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