Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery | |
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| Location | Rock St., approximately 800 feet N of jct. with Willow St.,Fayetteville, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 36°03′41″N94°09′10″W / 36.06139°N 94.15278°W /36.06139; -94.15278 |
| Area | 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) |
| Built | 1873 |
| Built by | F. H. Venn Company |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000481[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 3, 1993 |
Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery is a cemetery for soldiers of theConfederate States located on the eastern side ofFayetteville inWashington County, Arkansas. Added to theNational Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1993, the cemetery encompasses 3.5 acres (1.4 ha).[1]
ManyAmerican Civil War battles were fought in northwest Arkansas, including theBattle of Cane Hill,Battle of Pea Ridge,Battle of Prairie Grove, and many small skirmishes such as theaction at Fayetteville. Initially scattered throughoutBenton 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.[2]
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.
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