There are 230 Confederate soldiers buried in the Tennessee sections at McGavock cemetery. They are contained in sections 51-66. However, of the 230 there are 200 positively identified, four of which are not Tennessee soldiers. Thus, there are 196 positively identified TN confederate soldiers buried in McGavock Confederate cemetery.
The Brigades that are represented (in order of the highest casualty rates) are:
- Gordon’s Brigade had 51 killed; 11th, 12th, 13th, 29th, 47th, 51st, 52nd and the 154th TN.
- Carter’s Brigade had 42 killed; 1st, 4th, (prov), 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 27th, 28th and 50th TN.
- Quarles’ Brigade had 37 killed: 42nd, 46th, 49th, 53rd and 55th TN.
- Strahl’s Brigade had 29 killed; 4th, 5th, 19th, 24th, 31st, 33rd, 38th and 41st.
- Smith’s Brigade had 3 killed; 2nd, 10th, 15th, 20th, 30th, and 37th TN.
The Tennessee section and marker is at the far left end of the cemetery, just to the left of the entrance to the McGavock family cemetery, and across from the Texas section.
