Rye St., approximately 1 mi. NW of jct. of AR 321 and AR 319, Cabot, Arkansas. County/parish: Lonoke.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 03, 1996. NRIS 96000503.
1 contributing object.Also known as:
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.
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