Blandford Cemetery | |
 The Memorial Arch at Blandford Cemetery, constructed in 1913 by Burns and Campbell. | |
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| Location | 319 S. Crater Rd., Petersburg, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°13′33″N 77°22′50″W / 37.22583°N 77.38056°W |
| Area | 189 acres (76 ha) |
| Built | 1702 |
| Architect | Davidson, James; Bowie, McCleary & Wright |
| Architectural style | Mid 19th Century Revival, Early Republic, Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001371 [1] |
| VLR No. | 123-0110 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1992 |
| Designated VLR | April 22, 1992[2] |
Blandford Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Petersburg, Virginia. Although in recent years it has attained some notoriety for its large collection of more than 30,000 Confederate graves, it contains remains of people of all classes and races as well as veterans of every American war.[3] It holds the largest mass grave of 30,000 Confederates killed in the Siege of Petersburg (1864–65) and other battles during the American Civil War.[4] Although only 3,700 names of the interred are known,[5] it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, in part through the efforts of Charlotte Irving, first president of the Historic Blandford Cemetery Foundation.[6] In addition to this cemetery's historic African American section discussed below, it is located adjacent to the People's Memorial Cemetery, a historic African-American cemetery, and small cemeteries containing additional dead from the lengthy Siege of Petersburg and Battle of the Crater in 1864.[1]
Historic Blandford Church also adjoins the cemetery. Although deconsecrated for more than a century, it features a Confederate memorial that features a full set of windows designed by Tiffany studios.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Sarah Steele, Wilson (1 August 2012). "Remembering the Cost". The Hopewell News. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Ashley M. Neville and Historic Blandford Cemetery Foundation (March 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blandford Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2013-11-23. and Accompanying photo Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ City of Petersburg. "Blandford Cemetery". Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ Peters, John O. (2005). Blandford Cemetery: Death and Life at Petersburg, Virginia. Historic Blandford Cemetery Foundation, Inc. pp. 118, 120. ISBN 978-0-977-251407.