Near Gordonsville in Orange County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

The Maplewood Memorial Association

Photographed by Craig Swain, January 12, 2008

1. The Maplewood Memorial Association Marker

Inscription. Has erected this tablet as a tribute of respect to some seven hundred Confederate soldiers mainly from North Carolina and Georgia who laid down their lives for the cause they loved and lost their names are perished. May their memory be imperishable!

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Battlefield Markers Association series list.

Location. 38° 8.792′ N, 78° 11.97′ W. Memorial is near Gordonsville, Virginia, in Orange County. It can be reached from Spotswood Trail (U.S. 33), on the right when traveling west. Located inside Maplewood Cemetery in the northern lot. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Gordonsville VA 22942, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern Virginia

and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gordon Inn (approx. 0.6 miles away); Church of the Blind Preacher (approx. one mile away); Orange County / Louisa County (approx. 1.1 miles away); Gordonsville's Legendary Chicken Vendors (approx. 1.2 miles away); Welcome to The Exchange Hotel and Civil War Medical Museum (approx. 1.2 miles away); In Memory of the Soldiers, Both Confederate and Union

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(approx. 1.2 miles away); Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District (approx. 1.3 miles away); a different marker also named Orange County / Louisa County (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gordonsville.

Photographed by Craig Swain, January 12, 2008

2. The Maplewood Memorial Association Marker

Photographed by Craig Swain, January 12, 2008

3. Gravestones

While most of the Civil War casualties buried here are unknown, some are marked.

Battlefield Markers Association, Western Division (1929) image. Click for full size.

April 29, 2006

4. Battlefield Markers Association, Western Division (1929)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 17, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,206 times since then and 99 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 17, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 4. submitted on December 9, 2008.