Salute! The Camp Alcorn Confederate Cemetery is located within Riverside Cemetery in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky. It serves as a memorial and burial site for about 300 Confederate soldiers who died during the War, primarily during the winter of 1861–1862, while stationed at Camp Alcorn, a Confederate encampment in Hopkinsville. Camp Alcorn: was established in September 1861 under the command of General J.L. Alcorn. The camp housed a brigade of Mississippi volunteers and other units,