Located along Main Street which is also US-11, this cemetery is the final resting place for Confederate soldiers who died in the area. It was established in 1861 across the road from the Mount Jackson General Hospital, operated by the Confederate Medical Department. It was dedicated on the third anniversary of Stonewall Jackson's death, May 10, 1866.
During the war graves of the soldiers were marked with their names, units, and death dates. But after the war the graves were neglected, and by the time the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected the Monument To All Confederates in 1908, 112 had been lost. Today only three of the original 359 still stand: 1st Lieutenant Daniel C King, Company C, 16th North Carolina, died Jul 27 1863; Private John Hackett, Company E, 60th Georgia Infantry, died Aug 1 1863; and Solomon Shrader, Company C, 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry, died Aug 11 1863. However, all 408 soldiers have been identified and include the following numbers by State: Alabama 43, Florida 5, Georgia 87, Louisiana 10, Maryland 4, Mississippi 5, North Carolina 137, South Carolina 33, Tennessee 4, Texas 1, and Virginia 79.
They are guarded by a statue of a Confederate soldier that was placed in the center of the cemetery by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1903.
The gates of the cemetery are closed and locked. A sign indicates that this is due to "the recent
unpleasantness." An extremely detailed history and chronology of the hospital https://www.yelp.com/biz/confederate-hospital-historical-marker-mount-jackson?hrid=Lpcg7UMPqRkNXQw638pHjg and cemetery are at https://shenandoahcivilwarhistory.blog/2018/11/25/confederate-e-r-and-r-i-p-at-mount-jackson/
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