Rose Hill Cemetery
(Mound)
Lauderdale County
MS-AHGP site

Entrance on 40th Avenue, between 7th and 8th Streets. From I-20/59, take 22nd Avenue exit to downtown Meridian; Turn left on 8th Street to 40th Avenue. Left on 40th Avenue.
Rose Hill Cemetery (Mound) This historic cemetery contains the monuments of Meridian founders John Ball and Lewis Ragsdale, the graves of Emil and Kelly Mitchell, the King and Queen of the Gypsies, a mound that contains the remains of the confederate dead and the grave of Lt. Charles W. Read who is regarded as the John Paul Jones of the Confederacy.
Rose Hill Cemetery (Mound) Rose Hill (Mound) in Rose Hill Cemetery Rose Hill Cemetery Mound Photo Mound Gravesite for Civil War Soldiers Charles Read 1840 - 1890 Charles Read Naval Confederate Historian Calls Confederate Hero’s Cruise “BRILLIANT” Confederate Dead
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