Category: Arlington National Cemetery, Confederate Burials

Categories: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia | United States Civil War Cemeteries

Arlington National Cemetery Confederate Burials were originally buried in several different sections of the cemetery using headstones that were the same as those used to mark the graves of civilians. Beginning in 1898, former Confederates led an effort to identify and mark Confederate burials. Legislation in 1900 appropriated funds to reinterred over 250 Confederates, who were already buried in Arlington Cemetery and others from the National Soldiers Home National Cemetery, to a section of Arlington National Cemetery. The legislation required that a "proper headstone" be used for the reinterments. The headstone that was selected is approximately the same size as the Union headstones but with a pointed top to differentiate the Confederate burials. This pointed headstone became the standard headstone for Confederates throughout the National Cemetery System.

Confederates are buried in section 16 on the interactive Arlington National Cemetery search. This is Jackson Circle.

Resources:

• Confederate Memorial from official website
• Photos of Confederate Section
• Search Gravesites

Francis Angelo 10 Jun 1841 Palmyra, Marion, Missouri - 15 Oct 1928

Jerry Cronan abt 1833 Canada - 02 Jun 1864

George Ferneyhough 20 Jul 1846 Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States - 06 Jul 1920

William Perkins South Carolina, United States - 28 Jun 1864

Charles Snyder abt 1844 Monroe County, Pennsylvania - 20 Sep 1915

Edward Walton 1812 Virginia, United States - 06 Aug 1866

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