National Register of Historic Places

Blandford Cemetery

Petersburg (Independent City), Petersburg County, Virginia
Listed
October 14, 1992
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
92001371

About this property

Blandford Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Petersburg, Virginia. It contains remains of people of all classes and races as well as veterans of every American war. Blandford holds a mass grave of 30,000 Confederates killed in the Siege of Petersburg (1864–65) and other battles during the American Civil War. Only 3,700 names of the Confederate soldiers interred are known. Blandford Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, in part through the efforts of Charlotte Irving, first president of the Historic Blandford Cemetery Foundation. In addition to this cemetery's historic African American section discussed below, it is located adjacent to the People's Memorial Cemetery, a historic African-American cemetery, and small cemeteries containing additional dead from the lengthy Siege of Petersburg and Battle of the Crater in 1864. Historic Blandford Church also adjoins the cemetery. Although deconsecrated for more than a century, it features a Confederate memorial that features a full set of windows designed by Tiffany studios.

Location

319 S. Crater Rd.
Petersburg (Independent City), Petersburg County, Virginia
37.22733, -77.38189

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Nearby Historic Sites

Blandford Church
Civil War
0.3 mi
People's Memorial Cemetery
Civil War
0.4 mi
Petersburg National Battlefield
Listed
0.9 mi
Petersburg Old Town Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Listed
1 mi
Centre Hill Historic District
Listed
1 mi

Nearby Battles

Fort Stedman — Union Counterattack (March 25 1865)
1865Civil War
0.2 mi
Fort Stedman — Initial Confederate Breakthrough (March 25 1865)
1865Civil War
0.2 mi
First Assault on Petersburg — Smith's Assault (Jun 15)
1864Civil War
0.4 mi
Battle of Fort Stedman
1865Civil War
0.4 mi

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Blandford Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1992.

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