Jim There is an excellent history of Madison, TN called MADISON STATION by Guy Alan Bockmon, 1997, Hillsboro Press. The Madison Post Office was chartered May 21, 1857. I will quote very briefly concerning the Nashville National Cemetery from page 69. "On 3 July 1866 a sizeable portion of the Craighead lands was transferred to the United States." The book tells that the bodies buried in the cemetery were moved there from a total of 251 "distinct burial places." "The site of the Nashville National Cemetery was chosen...along the rails of the Louisville and Nashville railroad in order...that no one could come to Nashville from the north and not be reminded of the sacrifices that had been made for the preservation the Union. [The Cemetery]...is situated on the Gallatin pike [sic], six miles from Nashville, Tennessee". The burials in the cemetery took place after the Federal Government acquired the land in 1866. I still believe it highly unlikely that a Confederate soldier would have been buried in a Federal Cemetery. A number of Confederate dead were buried in Mt. Olivet Cemtery in Nashville as well as in many other locations. A call to the cemetery might give you additional information. The phone number is: (615) 736-2839. Debie