Spotsylvania Courthouse in Spotsylvania County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

The Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, August 13, 2021

1. The Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Thousands of brave Americans were killed on the Civil War battlefields of Spotsylvania county. Seven hundred and fifty soldiers from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi. North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia were moved from the battle grounds and interred here. Many are unknown

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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 38° 12.168′ N, 77° 35.004′ W. Marker is in Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, in Spotsylvania County. Marker can be reached from Confederate Cemetery Drive south of Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 208), on the right. Located in the Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania Courthouse. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Spotsylvania VA 22553, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. A Final Resting Place (here, next to this marker); The Unknown Soldiers (a few steps from this marker); Noble Ladies of Spotsylvania (a few steps from this marker); Confederate Soldiers (within shouting distance of this marker); The First Stones Were Free (within shouting distance of this marker); A Monumental Task (within shouting distance

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of this marker); Beneath This Sacred Soil (within shouting distance of this marker); More Than Just A Stone (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spotsylvania Courthouse.

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, August 13, 2021

2. The Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery Marker

The Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, August 13, 2021

3. The Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery

Stone marking the Mississippi section of the cemetery as mentioned on the marker. Someone has draped the State Flag of Mississippi(2001–2020) over it.

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, August 13, 2021

4. The Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery Marker

Located in the Confederate Cemetery down this path off Courthouse Road.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 17, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 166 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 13, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.