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Civil War | Cemetery
Cave Hill Cemetery and Arboretum
Kentucky
701 Baxter Avenue
Louisville, KY 40204, USA
Website: www.cavehillcemetery.com »
This land was chartered by the General Assembly of Kentucky on February 5, 1848 for the purpose of operating a rural cemetery. Cave Hill was dedicated in July of that year and the transition of Cave Hill Farm into a beautiful and historic cemetery began. Some of the Civil War dead are buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.
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