• Source: Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery

      • 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).


      History



      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.


      Design


      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.


      See also


      Fayetteville National Cemetery
      National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Arkansas


      References




      External links



      Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry
      U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Confederate Cemetery
      Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery at Find a Grave

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