Are there any Confederate cemeteries?

Arranging Confederate burials became a state, local, or individual responsibility. Perhaps the best example of such an effort is the Confederate cemetery in Hagerstown, Maryland, where thousands of Confederate dead were relocated from the battlefields of Antietam and South Mountain.

Where is the largest Confederate Cemetery?

Marietta Confederate Cemetery
The Marietta Confederate Cemetery is one of the largest burial grounds for Confederate dead. It is the resting place to over 3,000 soldiers from all 13 Confederate states plus Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky….Marietta Confederate Cemetery.

Where are Confederate soldiers buried?

Arlington National Cemetery
In 1900, Congress authorized Confederate remains to be reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery, which designated a special section for them (in what is now Section 16). The Confederate Memorial was erected there in 1914.

What are Confederate cemeteries?

This category is for permanent military cemeteries established for Confederate soldiers and sailors who died during campaigns or operations. They generally died during a relatively short period, in a small geographic area and consist of service members from the few military units involved.

Is there a Confederate Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?

Not too far from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is section 16. It holds the remains of 482 confederate soldiers and the Confederate Memorial. The cemetery began as a Civil War burial ground in 1864, but it wasn’t until 1901 that Confederate Soldiers were recognized at Arlington.

Are Confederate soldiers allowed to be buried in national cemeteries?

Confederate soldiers could not be buried in national cemeteries, nor were they afforded any benefits from the United States Government for many decades after the end of the Civil War. Confederate prisoners of war were often interred in “Confederate sections” within the national cemeteries.

Are soldiers buried standing up?

Baumgartner said the traditional 5-by-10 grave site can accommodate up to six caskets, which is extremely rare. He could recall only one instance where that happened, he said. “And we don’t bury standing up, like some people think,” Baumgartner said.

Why are Confederate headstones pointed?

The tops of these markers were pointed, to make the Confederate graves stand out from Union ones (not, as legend would have it, so that Northerners would not sit on them and desecrate them).

What did they do with the dead bodies at Gettysburg?

They were buried in corn fields, in orchards, under apple trees, along roadsides, in woods and beside creeks. Some had been well buried by comrades. Most had been buried in hastily dug holes that were easily disturbed by animals, rain or a plough.

What is inside of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?

The sarcophagus built above the tomb of the soldier who served in WWI sits in front of the three marble slabs that identify the crypts of the soldiers from WWII, Korea and Vietnam. It was constructed in 1931 out of seven large marble panels collectively weighing 79 tons.