Spotsylvania Court House National Cemetery

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United States national cemetery

Spotsylvania Court House National Cemetery is a U.S. national cemetery in Virginia that serves as the burial ground for thousands of Union soldiers who died in the Civil War battles around Spotsylvania Court House.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States national cemetery ⓘ
administeredBy	National Cemetery Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of Veterans Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleCommemorated	Battle of Chancellorsville NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Spotsylvania Court House NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialsMostlyFromSide	Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemorates	Union casualties from Overland Campaign ⓘ soldiers killed in battles around Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
conflictCommemorated	American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Spotsylvania County NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedDuringPeriod	Reconstruction era ⓘ
hasAccess	pedestrian entrance ⓘ vehicle access road ⓘ
hasBurialRestriction	primarily historic Civil War burials ⓘ
hasCategory	Civil War national cemeteries ⓘ military cemeteries in Virginia ⓘ
hasCommemorativeFunction	honors Union soldiers who died in battles around Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
hasFeature	central flagpole ⓘ headstones arranged in orderly rows ⓘ monuments to Union regiments ⓘ stone perimeter wall ⓘ
hasGraveType	marked graves ⓘ unknown soldier graves ⓘ
hasLandscapeType	formal lawn cemetery ⓘ
hasRegulatoryStatus	federal military cemetery ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park historic resources ⓘ
landUse	cemetery ⓘ
locatedIn	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia Spotsylvania County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedNear	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy	National Cemetery Administration grounds staff ⓘ
nearestCity	Fredericksburg, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	concentration of Union Civil War burials in Spotsylvania region ⓘ
numberOfIntermentsApproximate	4500 ⓘ
numberOfUnknownBurialsApproximate	2000 ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
partOf	system of United States national cemeteries ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
timePeriodOfPrimaryBurials	1860s ⓘ
usedFor	burial of Union soldiers ⓘ commemoration of American Civil War dead ⓘ military burials ⓘ

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National Park Service (through Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park) → hasPart → Spotsylvania Court House National Cemetery ⓘ

subject surface form: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park → hasPart → Spotsylvania Court House National Cemetery ⓘ