Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery

Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery
The circle of 25 graves at Ball's Bluff
Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery is located in Northern Virginia
Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery
Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery is located in Virginia
Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery
Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery is located in the United States
Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery
LocationLoudoun County, Virginia, US
Nearest cityLeesburg, Virginia
Coordinates39°07′55″N 77°31′47″W / 39.13194°N 77.52972°W / 39.13194; -77.52972
Area76 acres (31 ha)
NRHP reference No.84003880
VLR No.253-5021
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 27, 1984[2]
Designated NHLDApril 27, 1984[3]
Designated VLROctober 16, 1984[1]

Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park and National Cemetery is a battlefield area and a United States National Cemetery, located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Leesburg, Virginia. The cemetery is the third smallest national cemetery in the United States.[4] Fifty-four Union Army dead from the Battle of Ball's Bluff are interred in 25 graves in the half-acre plot; the identity of all of the interred except for one, James Allen of the 15th Massachusetts, are unknown. Monuments to fallen Confederate Sergeant Clinton Hatcher and Union brigade commander Edward Dickinson Baker are located next to the cemetery,[5] though neither is buried there. While the stone wall-enclosed cemetery itself is managed through the Culpeper National Cemetery and owned by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the balance of the 223-acre (0.90 km2) park is managed through the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.

  1. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ "Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
  4. ^ Morgan, 1985: 245; the VA Medical Center cemetery in Hampton, Virginia is the smallest with 22 interments, Battleground National Cemetery at Fort Stevens contains the remains of 41 Union dead.
  5. ^ "Ball's Bluff National Cemetery". National Cemetery Administration. Retrieved July 30, 2021.