Cemetery
Nashville City Cemetery
Tree-lined nineteenth-century burial ground, resting place of founders, governors, and duelists.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Nashville City Cemetery, in use since eighteen twenty-two, follows Charles Dickinson, a young Nashville lawyer known as one of Tennessee's finest pistol shots, into a duel with Andrew Jackson in eighteen oh six sparked by a horse race bet, not an insult to honor. You will hear how the quarrel turned deadly, and how Dickinson's grave was lost for more than a century afterward. Best heard while walking the cemetery's quiet, tree-lined paths.
This audio guide was created using AI.