Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery | |
| Location | Rye St., approximately 1 mi. NW of jct. of AR 321 and AR 319, Cabot, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 34°56′46″N 91°58′50″W / 34.94611°N 91.98056°W |
| Built | 1905 |
| MPS | Civil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000503 |
| Added to NRHP | May 3, 1996 |
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery is a historic cemetery located near Cabot in northern Lonoke County, Arkansas and is near the site of a Confederate military camp Camp Hope (renamed Camp Nelson), where 1,500 Confederate soldiers died during an epidemic during the fall of 1862. Camp Nelson Cemetery is located on Rye Drive, just off Cherry Road, just off Mt. Carmel Road in north Lonoke County about 2 miles east of Cabot.