It certainly provides a pretext, but I can also accept it as being accurate.
NBF was, and is, revered. I can see the leaders at the time ignoring his wishes to give the General a much more prominant burial location.
The fact is that he should be buried where he wanted to be buried. So if his legitimate last will and testament stated where he wanted to be buried, thats where he should go.
And, if that happens, I predict that The Sons of Confederate Veterans ("SCV") will turn out to provide a massive, uniformed, flag-carrying re-burial procession and honor ceremony approaching that provided for the re-burial of the remains of the crew of the recovered Confederate submarine, the H.L. Hunley!
FYI, the "SCV" (as its name implies) exists primarily to honor the Confederate veteran ancestors of its members -- and others as they can be identified.
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Full disclosure: My Great-Grandfather "Rode with Forrest"...