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Warrenton Cemetery
Notable Confederate Resting Place
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By J. J. Prats, June 30, 2012 | |
| | | 1. Warrenton Cemetery Marker | | |
Inscription. The gate to your right opens to Warrenton
Cemetery, the final resting place of 986 Confederate soldiers, of every Southern state, about
650 casualties of the Civil War. Many wounded
Confederates were evacuated to Warrenton and
vicinity after the First and Second Battles of Manassas, and 585 died and are buried here. Their identities were lost when Union soldiers burned the wooden grave markers for firewood in the winter of 1863. Their remains were reburied
here in 1877. The
memorial wall was
constructed in 1998,
listing 520 names recovered in 1996 from medical records in the National Archives.
The most famous Confederate officer buried here, Col. John Singleton Mosby—the Gray Ghost—gained fame during the war as a scout, spy, and partisan ranger leader. After the war,
he practiced law locally, and President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him U.S. Consul to Hong Kong.
Capt. John Quincy Marr, the first Confederate officer killed in the war, who died in an
engagement at Fairfax Court House on June 1, 1861, is buried here. Two of Fauquier County’s four Confederate generals are also interred here: William Fitzhugh Payne, commander of Fauquier County’s famed Black Horse Troop, and Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, a cavalry commander at Gettysburg who later served as commissioner of Gettysburg National Military | | | | 
By J. J. Prats, June 30, 2012 | |
| | | 2. Warrenton Cemetery Marker at Entrance | | |
Park.
Other notables include Samuel Chilton, defense counsel at abolitionist John Brown’s 1859 treason trial; John Tyler Waller, President John Tyler’s grandson, killed in March 1865 fighting the 8th Illinois Cavalry; and Pendleton Ball, enslaved teamster and physician’s servant, who applied for a Confederate pension.
Erected by Civil War Trails.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Virginia Civil War Trails marker series.
Location. 38° 42.817′ N, 77° 37.997′ W. Marker is in Warrenton, Virginia, in Fauquier County. Marker is at the intersection of West Lee Street and South Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling west on West Lee Street. Click for map. Marker is at the main entrance to Warrenton Cemetery at the end of Chestnut Street. Marker is in this post office area: Warrenton VA 20186, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Fauquier County / Prince William County (approx. 1.9 miles away); Greenwich (approx. 2.6 miles away); Stony Lonesome Farm (approx. 2.6 miles away); “Greenwich” (approx. 2.6 miles away); Stuart's Bivouac (approx. 3 miles away); Grapewood Farm Engagement (approx. 3.1 miles away); Neavil's Ordinary (approx. 3.3 miles away); Neavil’s Mill (approx. 3.7 miles away). | | | | 
By Don Morfe, June 10, 2012 | |
| | | 3. Warrenton Cemetery Marker | | |
More about this marker. Marker has four portraits and a photograph of the 1921 Confederate Monument in the cemetery. Captain John Q. Marr is at lower left; Colonel John S. Mosby’s, General William F. Payne’s and General Lunsford L. Lomax’s portraits along with the Confederate monument are center to center right. |
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By Don Morfe, June 10, 2012 | |
| | | 4. Warrenton Cemetery Marker | | |
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By Don Morfe, June 10, 2012 | |
| | | 5. Warrenton Cemetery Marker | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on July 8, 2012, by J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia. This page has been viewed 206 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 8, 2012, by J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia. 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 25, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Md 21234.
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