Spotsylvania Court House National Cemetery

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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