Confederate Cemetery

Confederate Cemetery (HM3HM)

Location: Appomattox, VA 24522 Appomattox County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 22.564', W 78° 48.172'

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Buried here are nineteen men (out of perhaps 100) killed during the last two days of war in Virginia. These men were at first buried where they died - at hospitals or in farm fields and woodlots around Appomattox Court House. But in 1866, the Ladies Memorial Association of Appomattox recruited volunteers to collect the eighteen Confederate bodies for reburial. The lone Union soldier was later found nearby and reburied here.

The identities of just seven of the dead are known. Of these, all had been in the Confederate army for at least three years. One, Alabamian Jesse H. Hutchins (grave #4), enlisted just three days after the firing on Fort Sumter. He had survived 1,454 days of service, only to die in the war's last 24 hours. He was killed battling Union cavalry just a few yards from the courthouse on the evening of April 8, 1865.
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Placed ByAppomattox Court House National Historical Park, National Park Service
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Date Added Monday, October 20th, 2014 at 6:43pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 694537 N 4138856
Decimal Degrees37.37606667, -78.80286667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 22.564', W 78° 48.172'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 22' 33.84" N, 78° 48' 10.32" W
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Area Code(s)434
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 302 VA-24, Appomattox VA 24522, US
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