Old Live Oak Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Selma, Alabama founded in 1829 and expanded in 1877. The newer portion is sometimes called New Live Oak Cemetery and the cemetery is collectively known as Live Oak Cemetery . It contains burials of Confederate States of America leaders, as well Benjamin Sterling Turner , a formerly enslaved African-American who served as U.S. Representative for Alabama during the Reconstruction era . The cemetery is at 110 Dallas Avenue approximately 0.7 miles (1.1 km) west of downtown Selma.
11-754: The graves of soldiers are to the south of the Confederate Soldier Monument, with cannons pointing north, symbolically threatening the United States and protecting the deceased rebels. Elodie Todd Dawson , buried nearby, was head of the Ladies Memorial Association (later the United Daughters of the Confederacy ) and spearheaded the effort to build the $ 5,500 Confederate Monument in the cemetery and move 155 Confederate soldiers' bodies to
22-595: Is a historic cemetery in Selma, Alabama founded in 1829 and expanded in 1877. The newer portion is sometimes called New Live Oak Cemetery and the cemetery is collectively known as Live Oak Cemetery . It contains burials of Confederate States of America leaders, as well Benjamin Sterling Turner , a formerly enslaved African-American who served as U.S. Representative for Alabama during the Reconstruction era . The cemetery
33-426: Is at 110 Dallas Avenue approximately 0.7 miles (1.1 km) west of downtown Selma. The graves of soldiers are to the south of the Confederate Soldier Monument, with cannons pointing north, symbolically threatening the United States and protecting the deceased rebels. Elodie Todd Dawson , buried nearby, was head of the Ladies Memorial Association (later the United Daughters of the Confederacy ) and spearheaded
44-402: The central cause of the war was slavery. The Elodie Todd Dawson Monument marks the graves of Elodie Todd Dawson (April 1, 1844 – November 14, 1881) and her husband Confederate Col. Nathaniel H. R. Dawson (1829–1895). Elodie Todd Dawson was the half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln , wife of President Abraham Lincoln . After the war Nathaniel Dawson was appointed U.S. Commissioner of Education,
55-607: The effort to build the $ 5,500 Confederate Monument in the cemetery and move 155 Confederate soldiers' bodies to the monument. The United Daughters of the Confederacy were responsible for spreading the myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy , which claims the cause of the Confederate States during the American Civil War was just, heroic, and not centered on slavery. The Lost Cause Myth is a whitewashing of history that frames
66-646: The first from Alabama. Nathaniel Dawson also served as a member of the Alabama legislature which included serving as Speaker of the House. He was an organizer in the Democratic Party. Dawson was considered a leading citizen of Selma who raised money for Selma's Charity Hospital and Dallas Academy. He was a church leader at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where his funeral was held. In 2015, the Elodie Todd Dawson sculpture
77-533: The monument. The United Daughters of the Confederacy were responsible for spreading the myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy , which claims the cause of the Confederate States during the American Civil War was just, heroic, and not centered on slavery. The Lost Cause Myth is a whitewashing of history that frames the war as a defense of states' rights, and as necessary to protect their agrarian economy against supposed Northern aggression. Modern historians overwhelmingly disagree with these characterizations, noting that
88-458: The war as a defense of states' rights, and as necessary to protect their agrarian economy against supposed Northern aggression. Modern historians overwhelmingly disagree with these characterizations, noting that the central cause of the war was slavery. The Elodie Todd Dawson Monument marks the graves of Elodie Todd Dawson (April 1, 1844 – November 14, 1881) and her husband Confederate Col. Nathaniel H. R. Dawson (1829–1895). Elodie Todd Dawson
99-531: Was a church leader at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where his funeral was held. In 2015, the Elodie Todd Dawson sculpture was named one of Alabama's "most photographed cemetery monuments". A structure also called the Spring House for when it was used, sits near the Confederate Soldiers Monument. The unusual name arises from the gables that were designed as bird houses, since closed to preserve
110-467: Was named one of Alabama's "most photographed cemetery monuments". A structure also called the Spring House for when it was used, sits near the Confederate Soldiers Monument. The unusual name arises from the gables that were designed as bird houses, since closed to preserve the structure. The building was used for Confederate Memorial Day band concerts and programs each spring. It is now used for storage. Elodie Todd Dawson Old Live Oak Cemetery
121-464: Was the half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln , wife of President Abraham Lincoln . After the war Nathaniel Dawson was appointed U.S. Commissioner of Education, the first from Alabama. Nathaniel Dawson also served as a member of the Alabama legislature which included serving as Speaker of the House. He was an organizer in the Democratic Party. Dawson was considered a leading citizen of Selma who raised money for Selma's Charity Hospital and Dallas Academy. He
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