The Confederate Cemetery Tour at Mt. Olivet

Adelicia Acklen and her second husband emerge from the grave.

On Saturday, I went over to Mt. Olivet for the Confederate Cemetery Tour. I've been on the tour of the city cemetery a couple of times, so I was excited to see something similar at a cemetery I've been spending a lot of time in lately.

So, the caveats up front. It is indeed a Confederate Cemetery Tour, so they are focusing on some of the more interesting Confederates in the cemetery. There are obviously a lot of interesting people (cough*Ben Allen*cough) who were not old enough to be Confederates, and I'm sure there are some interesting Northern sympathizers in the cemetery. You are not going to see them.

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