Confederate Cemetery Virginia historical marker MG1

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The Appomattox Court House Confederate Cemetery Virginia historical marker MG1 MG1 Confederate Cemetery Virginia historical marker at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

Text from the marker:

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Appomattox Court House
Confederate Cemetery

Here are buried eighteen Confederate
soldiers who dies 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 interned 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

Markers at the Confederate Cemetery at Appomattox National Historical Park

Location of the marker

The Confederate Cemetery Virginia historical marker is on the north side of Virginia Route 24 about 500 yards west of the entrance to the Village and about 1.5 miles east of the interchange of US 460 and Virginia Route 24. There is a small parking area north of Route 24.