Are there Confederate soldiers buried in Arlington National Cemetery

Richard Sawyer | Sep 26, 2017 | Category: Military cemetery

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Address: Arlington, VA, USA

Christopher Ripley | Sep 26, 2017

In 1901, Confederate soldiers buried at the Soldiers' Home and various locations within Arlington were reinterred in a Confederate section that was authorized by Congress in 1900. On June 4, 1914, the United Daughters of the Confederacy dedicated the Confederate Memorial designed by Moses Ezekiel. Upon his death in 1917, Ezekiel was buried at the base of the monument as he was a veteran of the Confederate army.[83] All Confederate headstones in this section are peaked rather than rounded.[84] More than 3,800 former slaves, called "Contrabands" during the Civil War, are buried in Section 27. Their headstones are designated with the word "Civilian" or "Citizen".[85]

Lisa Hurt | Sep 26, 2017

There are 482 confederate soldiers & civilians buried in Arlington National Cemetery. My son was in The Old Guard Regiment & part of the training is to memorize every section,every gravesite & monument. There is a Confederation monument within the grounds of Arlington.

A T | Sep 26, 2018

I believe so

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