Confederate Cemetery - Fredericksburg VA
N 38° 18.142 W 077° 27.987
18S E 284328 N 4242242
Quick Description: Six Confederate generals and over 3000 Confederate soldiers from 14 states lie in this cemetery in downtown historic Fredericksburg.
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 8/17/2009 2:46:41 PM
Waymark Code: WM7175
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Long Description:In 1867, the Ladies Memorial Association of Fredericksburg
purchased land for a Confederate cemetery in 1867 to care for the
graves of the Confederate soldiers fallen on the battlefields. The
new location adjoined the Fredericksburg City Cemetery. A plaque at
the front gates proclaims the cemetery was dedicated in May 1870 to
3553 men who were re-interred here.
Among the soldiers lie 6 generals of the Confederacy - Seth
Barton, Dabney Maury, Abner Perrin, Daniel Ruggles, Henry Sibley
and Carter Stevenson. Interestingly, there is also a Union general
interred here, on the city side of the cemetery. General David
Wheeler received a Medal of Honor for actions at Salem Heights in
May 1863. He married a Fredericksburg woman after the Civil
War.
In 1884, the Ladies Memorial Association erected and dedicated a
monument to the Confederate Dead. A zinc statue of a Confederate
soldier stands at rest on a granite base surveying the graves of
the fallen.
One will also find veterans from later wars including World War
II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War buried here.
The Confederate Cemetery is located on Washington Avenue and is
open daily. The Ladies Memorial Association continues to care for
the cemetery and every year they hold a Memorial Day
observance.
To find a specific grave of a known veteran, there is a
searchable online
list
.