Battle of Spotsylvania • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • The Armies
The Confederate Cemetery is in the Spotsylvania Court House historic district on the southeast side of Courthouse Road. It was established in 1866 by the Spotsylvania Memorial Association, a group of local women concerned about the large number of Confederate dead who remained scattered on the battlefields of Spotsylvania county, poorly interred and poorly marked.
View from the entry drive
The Confederate Soldiers monument stands guard in the center of the cemetery.
From the cemetery sign:
The Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery
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 ans South Carolina, Texas and Virginia were moved from the battle grounds and interred here. Many are unknown.
A roster is available.
They acquired land near the court house and began reinterring bodies as they were found. The bodies now lay under headstones provided by the U.S. Government, grouped by state when known. The cemetery is the last resting place for over 700 Confederate soldiers. A roster is available of the 570 names that are known.
Location of the Cemetery
The Confederate Cemetery is in the Spotsylvania Court House historic district on the southeast side of Courthouse Road. The entrance to the cemetery is 0.35 mile southwest of the intersection with the bypass and 0.3 mile northeast of the intersection of Courthouse Road with Brock Road. (38.202639° N, 77.583138° W)