Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery
National Register of Historic Places

Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery

Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Listed
June 2, 1993
Type
Site
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
93000481

About this property

Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery is a cemetery for soldiers of the Confederate States located on the eastern side of Fayetteville in Washington County, Arkansas. Added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1993, the cemetery encompasses 3.5 acres (1.4 ha). Many American Civil War battles were fought in northwest Arkansas, including the Battle of Cane Hill, Battle of Pea Ridge, Battle of Prairie Grove, and many small skirmishes such as the action at Fayetteville. Initially scattered throughout Benton County and Washington County, efforts in 1878 by the Southern Memorial Association of Washington County succeeded in collecting the remains of fallen Confederate soldiers and burying them in the new Confederate cemetery. The Association paid for the remains to be moved and re-interred. The hundreds of graves are arranged into tree-shaded rows surrounded by an 1885 wall of native stone. The cemetery also offers a view from the hill down onto Fayetteville. A monument was constructed around 1898 at the center of the cemetery. National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Arkansas U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Confederate Cemetery

Location

Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
36.06128, -94.15252

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 1993.

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