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Confederate Memorial Day (called Confederate Heroes Day in Texas and Florida, and Confederate Decoration Day in Tennessee) is a holiday observed in several Southern U.S. states on various dates since the end of the American Civil War. The holiday was originally publicly presented as a day to remember the estimated 258,000 Confederate soldiers ...
Background[edit] Arkansas was a member of the Confederacy during the war, and provided troops, supplies, and military and political leaders. Arkansas became the 25th state of the United States on June 15, 1836, entering as a slave state. Antebellum Arkansas was still a wilderness in most areas, rural and sparsely populated.
Confederate Memorial Day is a state holiday in Alabama, ... Arkansas and Texas have joint celebrations of the birthdays of General Robert E. Lee, commander of a Confederate army, and Martin Luther ...
Confederate Memorial, Historical Soldiers Memorial Cemetery area of the state-owned Southern Arizona Veterans' Memorial Cemetery. The monument was erected in to honor the 21 soldiers interred in that cemetery who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and later fought in Indian wars in Arizona as members of the U.S. Army. [99] [100]
Flags decorate the graves at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. The commemoration of the American Civil War is based on the memories of the Civil War that Americans have shaped according to their political, social and cultural circumstances and needs, starting with the Gettysburg Address and the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery in 1863.
The Confederate Memorial was the focus of Confederate Memorial Day exercises in the Washington, D.C., area. President Woodrow Wilson attended the first four events (1915, 1916, 1917, and 1918) held at the memorial, although he spoke only at that of 1917.
Sterling Price. Sterling Price (September 14, 1809 – September 29, 1867) was a United States general and senior officer of the Confederate States Army who fought in both the Western and Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War. He rose to prominence during the Mexican–American War and served as governor of Missouri from 1853 to 1857.
8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. July 13, 1861 (State Service) [32] September 10, 1861 (Confederate Service) Colonel William K. Patterson. Colonel George F. Baucum, [26] Colonel John H. Kelly. 8th/19th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiments. 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry. 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment.