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Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery
Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park and National Cemetery is a battlefield area and a United States National Cemetery, located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Leesburg, Virginia. The cemetery is the third smallest national cemetery in the United States. Fifty-four Union Army dead from the Battle of Ball's Bluff are interred in 25 graves in the half-acre plot; the identity of all of the interred except for one, James Allen of the 15th Massachusetts, are unknown. Monuments to fallen Confederate Sergeant Clinton Hatcher and Union brigade commander Edward Dickinson Baker are located next to the cemetery, though neither is buried there. While the stone wall-enclosed cemetery itself is managed through the Culpeper National Cemetery and owned by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the balance of the 223-acre (0.90 km2) park is managed through the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.Put Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery and other Leesburg attractions into our Leesburg trip itinerary planner, and watch your holiday take shape.
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This little park was a beautiful and well kept national historic site. Plenty of info boards told stories I’d never heard of before from the civil war. If you’re in the area it is a great place to...
This little park was a beautiful and well kept national historic site. Plenty of info boards told stories I’d never heard of before from the civil war. If you’re in the area it is a great place to... more »
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The highlight of our visit was the excellent tour provided by a volunteer. We were the only ones on that tour, which made it all the better. The battlefield itself is small, and the action was...
The highlight of our visit was the excellent tour provided by a volunteer. We were the only ones on that tour, which made it all the better. The battlefield itself is small, and the action was... more »
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To be completely accurate the smallest National Veteran's Cemetery in the country is on the grounds of the Hampton VA Med Ctr. 22 graves (all reportedly from Yellow Fever).
To be completely accurate the smallest National Veteran's Cemetery in the country is on the grounds of the Hampton VA Med Ctr. 22 graves (all reportedly from Yellow Fever). more »
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Well kept National Cemetery and definitely small.
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I found this to be a very peaceful and interesting historic graveyard. It is quite small, but there are a few plaques around to provide information. The setting is pleasant, and there are some good light hiking trails around that allow you to explore the setting of the civil war battle that took place here.
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Quiet, safe, clean nice to take a walk here
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More than i orginally i thought here.
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The third smallest national cemetery in the U.S. contains the remains of 54 Union soldiers interred in 25 graves. The reason for the numbers mismatch is that all but one of the 25 gravesites marks the spot of “Boxes containing Portions of 2 or 3 bodies–some not more than one except the scull or rather 2 sculls,” (sic) according to an 1877 letter written by the Leesburg postmaster. The reason for the number 54 is that there were 54 skulls reburied. The only identified body in the cemetery is 22-year-old Pvt. James Allen, Co. H, 15th Massachusetts Infantry.
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