The Appomattox Confederate Cemetery
PANICd#: 1930
A small Confederate cemetery at Appomattox National Historical Park contains the graves of eighteen Confederate soldiers who died in these battles.
111 National Park Dr
Appomattox , VA 24522
Open to the public: Yes
Lat: 37.3654519
Lon: -78.83552700000001
Database Summary:
Demographic Rank: 4
History: 2
Stories: 1
Claims: 3
Evidence: 0
Resources: 4
Retrievals: 6965
Vistor Rating: 0.0
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History
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On April 8-9, 1865, Union and Confederate forces fought the Battle of Appomattox Station and the Battle of Appomattox Court House in VIrginia. They were they final actions of General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia.
A small Confederate cemetery at Appomattox National Historical Park contains the graves of eighteen Confederate soldiers who died in these battles, the last men to give their lives in combat under Lee's direction. Also buried there is a single Union soldier who was found buried in an unmarked grave some years after the war.
All but seven of the soldiers buried at the Appomattox Confederate Cemetery remain unknowns to this day
Added by: sdonley on 08/04/2019
DB#:511
Source(s):
https://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/appomattoxc...
Private Jesse H. Hutchins joined the Confederate Army five days after the South bombarded Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C. He enlisted on April 15, 1861. His unit, Company A, 5th Alabama Battalion, was initially sent to Florida. It then moved to join Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia.
Hutchins was at virtually every major Civil War battle in the East: Seven Pines, Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, the second battle of Manasses or Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Winchester and Petersburg. He was shot and killed on the evening of April 8, 1865, in a skirmish with Union cavalry outside Appomattox Court House. He died just hours before Lee surrendered to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the McLean House in Appomattox Court House on April 9. He had survived 1,454 days of the Confederacy. He was among the last of 630,000 deaths and 1 million casualties of the Civil War. Today Hutchins is buried 500 yards west of the reconstructed McLean House in the Appomattox Confederate Cemetery. He is among 18 Confederate soldiers and one unknown Union soldier in the cemetery.
Added by: sdonley on 08/04/2019
DB#:512
Source(s):
https://www.starnewsonline.com/article/NC/20110730...
Stories
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Paranormal activity often surrounds areas with unmarked graves and burial sites. Although there are markers at to were these graves are located, the names of of some of the soldiers that are buried at this location are unknown. Added to the additional tension of these interments there is a mixture of an unknown Union soldier buried next to Confederate soldiers within the same location. This could possible create some tension as well in the afterlife.
Added by: sdonley on 08/04/2019
DB#:1507
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| Claim # | Added | Added By | Claim |
| 3110 | 08/04/2019 | sdonley | People have reported the feeling of being watched while visiting this location, although nobody else was around. |
| 3111 | 08/04/2019 | sdonley | Cold spots have been reported. |
| 3112 | 08/04/2019 | sdonley | Strange lights and mists have been reported in the area at night. |
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| Explore Southern History
Added: 08/03/2017 By: sdonley |
Entry on this website for this location. |
| Appomattox Chapter 11, Virginia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy
Added: 08/03/2017 By: sdonley |
Entry on this website for this location. |
| The Appomattox Confederate Cemetery
Added: 08/04/2019 By: sdonley |
Information about the location. |
| Flags mark Civil War's last casualties at Appomattox
Added: 08/04/2019 By: mdonley |
APPOMATTOX, Va. – Private Jesse H. Hutchins joined the Confederate Army five days after the South bombarded Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C. He enlisted on April 15, 1861. His unit, Company A, 5th Alabama Battalion, was initially sent to Florida. It then moved to join Gen. Robert E. |
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