Confederate Rest
Confederate Rest, in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin, is the northernmost Confederate graveyard in the nation. 140 Confederate prisoners of war who died under Union captivity lie in it.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forest Hill Cemetery and Resurrection Cemetery.
Forest Hill Cemetery
Cemetery
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Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and was one of the first U.S. National Cemeteries established in Wisconsin. Forest Hill Cemetery is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Confederate Rest.
Resurrection Cemetery
Cemetery
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Resurrection Cemetery is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Confederate Rest.
Madison West High School
School
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Madison West High School is a public high school on the west side of Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1930 and is one of six secondary schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District. Madison West High School is situated 1,500 feet north of Confederate Rest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shorewood Hills and Madison.
Shorewood Hills
Village
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Shorewood Hills is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. It was established in 1927. The population was 2,169 at the 2020 census. Entirely surrounded by the city of Madison and Lake Mendota, it is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Madison
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Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, is situated on an isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona. As the anchor of the Greater Madison Area, it is home to the University of Wisconsin — Madison, one of the premier universities in the United States.
Fitchburg
Town
Fitchburg is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 29,609 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb south of Madison and is part of the Madison metropolitan area. Fitchburg is situated 4½ miles south of Confederate Rest.
Confederate Rest
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery for Confederate prisoners of war in Madison, Wisconsin
- Category: burial
- Location: Dane, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.06496° or 43° 3′ 54″ northLongitude
-89.42899° or 89° 25′ 44″ westOpen location code
86MG3H7C+XCOpenStreetMap ID
way 486124994OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q60747843
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