Confederate Cemetery - Appomattox, VA - Veteran Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

A state historical marker on site has the following narrative:

Appomattox Court House
Confederate Cemetery

Here are buried eighteen Confederate Soldiers who died April 8 and 9, 1865 in the closing days of the War Between the States. The remains of one unknown Union Soldier found some years after the war are interred beside the Confederate Dead. About 500 yards east of this cemetery is the McLean House where Lee and Grant signed the surrender terms.

Virginia Conservation Commission 1950

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Out of the eighteen interred here, only eight of the Confederate soldier identities are known. They are:

• John William Ashby - Co. I, 12th Virginia Cavalry
• Oscar Demesme - Donaldsonville Artillery (Lousianna)
• J.W. Douglas
• Alanson B. Hicks - Co. D, 26th Virginia Infantry
• John A. Hogan - Co. E, 26th Georgia Infantry
• Jesse. H. Hutchins - Co. G, 5th Alabama Infantry
• Miles Cary Macon - 38th Batt. Virginia Artillery
• Francis M. Winn - Co. E, 9th Georgia Artillery

Date cemetery was established: 1865 Visiting hours: Dusk to Dawn Website pertaining to the cemetery: [Web Link]

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