National Confederate Museum grounds, Elm Springs
Columbia, Tennessee, United States
2357 Park Plus Drive, Columbia, TN 38401, USA
GRAVE
VISITOR INFORMATION
This is an active, privately operated interpretive site. Museum hours and tickets do not independently establish open access to the graves.
The museum lists Monday–Saturday 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; admission is charged for museum and house tours. Confirm gravesite access separately with staff.
Consider April–May or September–October for more comfortable weather; confirm current access and visiting hours.
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HISTORIC SITES NEARBY
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WHO WAS HERE
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PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
About National Confederate Museum grounds, Elm Springs
Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife Mary Ann are buried on the Elm Springs museum grounds after reinterment from Memphis in 2021.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans owns and maintains the museum property; Elm Springs is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
History happened here at National Confederate Museum grounds, Elm Springs
Elm Springs is a nineteenth-century house in Columbia.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans opened its museum on the property in 2020 and reinterred the Forrests there in 2021; Forrest’s record includes slave trading and leadership in the early Ku Klux Klan.
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
Nathan Bedford Forrest
EXTERNAL LINKS
Museum operator, address, hours and reinterment: https://theconfederatemuseum.com/
Elm Springs property and museum: https://theconfederatemuseum.com/elm-springs/
Tennessee historical inventory: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/historicalcommission/national-register-general/thc_nr-inventory.pdf
Map coordinates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_Springs_(house)