Hillcrest Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Holly Springs, Mississippi , United States. Established in 1837, it is known as the "Little Arlington of the South." It contains the burials of a U.S. Senator and five Confederate generals.
6-779: The cemetery is located on Center Street in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi. The cemetery was established in 1837, when William S. Randolph, an early settler of Holly Springs, donated the land. The railings were designed by the Jones, McElwain and Company Iron Foundry prior to the Civil War . It is known as the "Little Arlington of the South" in allusion to the Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Notable burials include five generals of
12-687: A foundry chimney, and ponds used as a water source for the foundry. In 1861, at the outset of the American Civil War which lasted until 1865, Wallace S. McElwain turned the foundry into an armory for the Confederate States Army. The foundry was commissioned by the government of the Confederate States of America to make 20,000 U.S. Model 1841 -designed rifles and 10,000 U.S. Model 1842 -designed muskets. They were also commissioned to make 5,000 rifles for
18-519: The Confederate States Army : Samuel Benton , Winfield S. Featherston , Daniel Govan , Edward Walthall , and Absolom M. West . Other notable burials include Wall Doxey , Benjamin D. Nabers , Hiram Rhodes Revels , and James F. Trotter . Also buried there are painter Kate Freeman Clark , the wife and son of Alamo defender Micajah Autry , and architect Spires Boling . The cemetery was vandalized in 1980. It has been listed on
24-680: The National Register of Historic Places since June 28, 1982. Confederate Armory Site The Confederate Armory Site , a.k.a. Jones, McElwain and Company Iron Foundry , is a historic site in Holly Springs, Mississippi , US. It contains the scant ruins of the foundry built there in 1859, converted to an armory in 1861 by the Confederate States Army , used as a hospital by the Union Army in November 1862, and razed by
30-793: The Confederates a month later. Located in Holly Springs, the county seat of Marshall County , in Northern Mississippi the foundry was established in 1859 as the headquarters of the Jones, McElwain and Company Iron Foundry. The railings the business produced can be seen at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Holly Springs as well as in New Orleans, Louisiana . The foundry also made iron used on slave plantations. The headquarters included several buildings and outbuildings,
36-568: The state of Mississippi. No arms bearing the marks of the foundry have been found, it is therefore believed that the foundry was able only to repair and convert existing arms before it was in danger of being overrun after the Battle of Shiloh . The equipment was moved to Macon, Georgia and the weapons on hand were sent to Grenada, Mississippi . On November 13, 1862, the Union Army invaded Holly Springs, and Union Major Horace R. Witz turned
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