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U. S. CIVIL WAR
PHOTOGRAPHS
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SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE
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SPOTSYLVANIA CONFEDERATE CEMETERY
Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery Entrance
(Looking toward the Cemetery from Route 608)
Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery
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After the Civil War, hundreds of Confederate soldiers lay in poorly marked graves
around the Spotsylvania battlefield. Because of this, local women formed the
Spotsylvania Memorial Association and in 1866 established a Confederate Cemetery
on five acres of land a half mile northeast of Spotsylvania Court House (See Map
on Page 1).
The Association reburied nearly 600 soldiers in the cemetery, organizing them by
state. A few remain unknown. Headstones were provided by the Federal Government
to mark all of the graves. In the center of the cemetery is a granite shaft
crowned by a stone Confederate soldier who silently stands watch over the dead.
(Text Source: U.S. Gov't, National Park Service)
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North Carolina Section
Virginia Section
Georgia (foreground) and Unknown (background) Sections
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