Balls Bluff National Cemetery

Balls Bluff National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located just northeast of the town of Leesburg, in Loudoun County, Virginia. It encompasses convert|4.6|acre|m2 of land surrounded by Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park, and as of the end of 2005, had 54 interments. It is maintained by the Culpeper National Cemetery, in Culpeper, Virginia.

History

Established in 1865 it has the interred remains of 54 soldiers who died at the Battle of Ball's Bluff, during the Civil War, the names of which only one is known. Several attempts have been made to reinter the remains from this cemetery in Culpeper National Cemetery, but public sentiment has thus far prevented it.

Ball's Bluff National Cemetery was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1984.

Notable monuments

*A memorial to Union General, Edward Dickinson Baker who was killed at the Battle of Ball's Bluff, though he is buried in San Francisco National Cemetery.

See also

*United States Department of Veterans Affairs
*United States National Cemetery

External links

* [http://www.cem.va.gov/ National Cemetery Administration]
* [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/ballsbluff.asp Ball's Bluff National Cemetery]