To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 12/5/08 • Approved: 1/26/14 • Last Updated: 4/11/20 • R117082-G0-S3
Camp Nelson
Thousands of Arkansas and Texas
Confederates were camped near
this spot in 1862. The camp named
in honor of Brigadier General
Allison Nelson, was stricken by
disease resulting in 1,500 deaths
including Nelson. The dead were
buried among these hills and
forgotten until 1906 when a
group of Confederate veterans
supervised the establishment
of this cemetery. It was soon
forgotten and neglected. In 1981
local school teachers and students
restored the cemetery. It was
rededicated in 1982.
Lonoke County Historical Commission
tomtoddbooks.com
Contributed on 12/5/08 by tomtodd
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 117082