Notable burials · Military
American Civil War veterans buried in Virginia
Wikidata records 444 Civil War veterans as buried in 41 of the cemeteries we list in Virginia. Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington holds the most, with 301. Virginia has the highest count of any state, out of 2,411 nationally.
People recorded as having taken part in the American Civil War, or as having served in the Union or Confederate army.
444
Civil War veterans
41
cemeteries
8%
of notable burials in Virginia
1900s
the decade with the most deaths (103)
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Best documented
American Civil War veterans buried in Virginia
- Jefferson Davis1808-1889President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Stonewall Jackson1824-1863General of the Confederate Army in the American Civil WarStonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, VA
- Philip Sheridan1831-1888United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Oliver Wendell Holmes1841-1935American jurist (1841-1935); US Supreme Court justice from 1902 to 1932Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles Wilkes1798-1877Naval officer and explorer from the United StatesArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- J. E. B. Stuart1833-1864Confederate cavalry generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Walter Quintin Gresham1832-1895US Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- General Nelson A. Miles1839-1925United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Commanding General of the United States ArmyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jubal Early1816-1894Lawyer, politician, and general of the Confederate States ArmySpring Hill Cemetery, West Lynchburg, VA
- George Pickett1825-1875Confederate States Army generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- William Rosecrans1819-1898American diplomat, politician and army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John B. Floyd1806-1863American politicianSinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, VA
- Abner Doubleday1819-1893Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Schofield1831-1906United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- David Dixon Porter1813-1891United States Navy admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Fitzhugh Lee1835-1905American politician (1835-1905); 40th governor of VirginiaHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Adolphus Greely1844-1935American army officer and polar explorerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- George Crook1828-1890United States Army general during American Civil War and Indian WarsArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry A. Wise1806-1876United States Congressman and governor of VirginiaHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- John S. Mosby1833-1916Confederate Army officerWarrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, VA
- Daniel Edgar Sickles1819-1914United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Adna Chaffee1842-19142nd Chief of Staff of the United States ArmyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William W. Belknap1829-1890Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry Heth1825-1899Confederate States Army generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Henry Hopkins Sibley1816-1886Confederate Army generalFredericksburg Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA
- John Gibbon1827-1896Union Army GeneralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Joseph Wheeler1836-1906Confederate Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William N. Pendleton1809-1883Confederate Army generalStonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, VA
- William Alexander Hammond1828-1900American military physician and neurologistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Henry Jackson1843-1942American photographer and painterArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Hiram Berdan1824-1893Union Army GeneralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Samuel Cooper1798-1876Adjutant and Inspector General of the armies of the Confederate StatesChrist Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, VA
- E. O. C. Ord1818-1883United States Army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert Wilson Shufeldt1850-1934American scientistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Richard B. Garnett1817-1863Confederate Army generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Edward Johnson1816-1873Confederate Army generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Eppa Hunton1822-1908U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil WarHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- John Franklin Miller1831-1886Union Army general and U.S. SenatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Frederick Benteen1834-1898Union United States Army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Farrar Smith1824-1903United States Army general, civil engineer, mathematics professor, police commissionerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Aaron Rawlins1831-1869Union Army general, 29th Secretary of WarArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Pitt Kellogg1830-1918United States Senator and Governor of LouisianaArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- James J. Archer1817-1864Confederate Army generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- George Wythe Randolph1818-1867Confederate Army general, grandson of Thomas JeffersonJefferson Tomb, Charlottesville, VA
- Robert E. Rodes1829-1864Confederate Army generalPresbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA
- Frank D. Baldwin1842-1923Double recipient of the United States Army Medal of HonorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Elwell Stephen Otis1838-1909Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Frederick W. M. Holliday1828-1899American politicianMount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, VA
- Horatio Wright1820-1899United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski1824-1887Union United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jacob H. Smith1840-1918United States Army general in the Philippine, American WarArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Smith1796-1887Lawyer, congressman, the 30th and 35th Governor of VirginiaHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Thomas L. Rosser1836-1910United States Army generalRiverview Cemetery, Pantops, VA
- J. Rodman West1822-1898American Union Army general and politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- George Miller Sternberg1838-1915American physician (1838-1915); 18th U.S. Army Surgeon General from 1893 to 1902Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Samuel Baldwin Marks Young1840-1924American military officer (1840-1924); 1st Chief of Staff of the United States ArmyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Rutter Brooke1838-1926Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- James A. Walker1832-1901Confederate Army generalEast End Cemetery, Wytheville, VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall1840-1905American politicianHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- John W. Daniel1842-1910Confederate Army officerSpring Hill Cemetery, West Lynchburg, VA
- John M. Jones1820-1864Confederate States Army officerMaplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, VA
- Philip W. McKinney1832-1899American politicianWestview Cemetery, Farmville, VA
- Harrison H. Riddleberger1844-1890American politicianCedarwood Cemetery, Edinburg, VA
- John Gregory Bourke1846-1896United States Army Medal of Honor recipientArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Samuel D. Sturgis1822-1889Union army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Halbert E. Paine1826-1905American Civil War Union General and politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John C. Bates1842-19193rd Chief of Staff of the United States ArmyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Laurence S. Baker1830-1907Confederate Army generalCedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, VA
- Philip Kearny1815-1862Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Wager Swayne1834-1902United States Army Medal of Honor recipientArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Winfield Scott Schley1839-1911United States Navy rear admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry1825-1903American politicianHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- John D. Imboden1823-1895Confederate Brigadier GeneralHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Montgomery C. Meigs1816-1892Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Green Clay Smith1826-1895Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry Martyn Robert1837-1923United States Army general and Chief of EngineersArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- James B. Ricketts1817-1887Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles Bendire1836-1897US soldier and ornithologistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Thomas Clark1831-1905Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Joseph J. Reynolds1822-1899Union army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Joseph Reid Anderson1813-1892American civil engineer, industrialist, and soldierHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- John C. C. Sanders1840-1864Confederate States Army brigadier generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- John Randolph Tucker1812-1883American naval officerCedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, VA
- Samuel Garland, Jr.1830-1862Confederate Army generalPresbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA
- Seth Barton1829-1900Confederate Army generalFredericksburg City Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA
- John Echols1823-1896Confederate Army generalThornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA
- Dabney H. Maury1822-1900Confederate Army generalFredericksburg Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA
- Elliott M. Braxton1823-1891American politician and Confederate Army officerFredericksburg Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA
- Carter Littlepage Stevenson1817-1888Confederate Army generalFredericksburg Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA
- Alexander Asboth1811-1868Hungarian-born American Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Thomas M. Anderson1836-1917United States Army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John W. Barlow1838-1914Chief of Engineers of the United States ArmyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Julius Stahel1827-1912Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- J. Floyd King1842-1915American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Lovell Rousseau1818-1869General in the Union Army during the American Civil WarArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Edward Settle Godfrey1843-1932United States Army officer and Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipientArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert Byington Mitchell1823-1882American general & territorial governorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Absalom Baird1824-1905Union Army general and Medal of Honor recipientArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Orlando B. Willcox1823-1907United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Romeyn B. Ayres1825-1888Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Porter Hatch1822-1901United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles Heywood1839-19159th Commandant of the Marine CorpsArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Babcock Hazen1830-1887Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert H. Chilton1815-1879Confederate Army generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Reuben Lindsay Walker1827-1890Confederate Army generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- George D. Wise1831-1906American politician 1831-1908Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- John Rogers Cooke1833-1891Confederate Army generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Sam Jones1819-1887United States Army officerHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- William E. Starke1814-1862Confederate Army generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Raleigh E. Colston1825-1896American generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- John Esten Cooke1830-1886American novelistOld Chapel Cemetery, Berryville, VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke1822-1898Nineteenth-century congressman and lawyer from VirginiaMaplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, VA
- Jedediah Hotchkiss1828-1898Confederate Army officer cartographer, and topographerThornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA
- George Cabell1836-1906American politician and lawyerGreen Hill Cemetery, Danville, VA
- John Paul, Sr.1839-1901American politicianWoodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, VA
- John W. Lawson1837-1905American politicianIvy Hill Cemetery, Smithfield, VA
- Elisha Franklin Paxton1828-1863Confederate Army general American lawyerStonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, VA
- John Allen Campbell1835-1880Union Army GeneralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- August Kautz1828-1895Union Army GeneralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robley Dunglison Evans1846-1912United States Navy admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William S. Harney1800-1889United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Gabriel René Paul1813-1886Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Rufus Ingalls1818-1893Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Marcus Joseph Wright1831-1922Confederate Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Clem1851-1937Army soldierArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Frank Wheaton1833-1903Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Americus V. Rice1835-1904Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Andrew E. K. Benham1832-1905United States Navy admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Joseph J. Bartlett1834-1893Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Benjamin Franklin Kelley1807-1891Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Roy Stone1836-1905Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ira Coray Abbott1824-1908Union Army officer during the American Civil WarArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Ludlow1843-1901United States Army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Allen Wilcox1819-1864Confederate Army officer and politicianHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- John Lamb1840-1924U.S. Representative from VirginiaHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- William Pegram1841-1865Confederate Army officerHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- John Pegram1832-1865Confederate Army generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Thomas Jefferson Randolph1792-1875American planter and politician, grandson of Thomas JeffersonJefferson Tomb, Charlottesville, VA
- Montgomery Dent Corse1816-1895Confederate Army generalSaint Paul's Cemetery, Alexandria, VA
- James Dearing1840-1865Confederate Army officerSpring Hill Cemetery, West Lynchburg, VA
- John Witcher1839-1906Union United States Army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- James H. Sands1845-1911United States Navy admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Cyrus Bussey1833-1915Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Grimes Walker1835-1907United States Navy admiral after the American Civil WarArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Irvin Gregg1826-1892Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Francis Munroe Ramsay1835-1914United States Navy admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- George Belknap1832-1903United States admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Holmes Conrad1840-1915Confederate Army officer and American lawyer and politicianMount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, VA
- George Alexander Forsyth1837-1915United States Army cavalry officer in the Civil War and American Indian WarsArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Edwards1815-1894American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 444. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1860s56
- 1870s17
- 1880s42
- 1890s82
- 1900s103
- 1910s81
- 1920s45
- 1930s16
- 1940s1
By recorded year of death, for the 443 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Arlington National Cemetery · Arlington, VA301
- Hollywood Cemetery · Richmond, VA56
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery · Lexington, VA8
- Spring Hill Cemetery · West Lynchburg, VA6
- Presbyterian Cemetery · Lynchburg, VA5
- Hampton National Cemetery · Hampton, VA5
- Warrenton Cemetery · Warrenton, VA5
- Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery · Fredericksburg, VA5
- Maplewood Cemetery · Charlottesville, VA5
- Thornrose Cemetery · Staunton, VA5
- Elmwood Cemetery · Norfolk, VA4
- Ivy Hill Cemetery · Alexandria, VA3
- Mount Hebron Cemetery · Winchester, VA3
- Cedar Grove Cemetery · Portsmouth, VA3
- Jefferson Tomb · Charlottesville, VA2
- Fredericksburg City Cemetery · Fredericksburg, VA2
- Woodbine Cemetery · Harrisonburg, VA2
- Staunton National Cemetery · Staunton, VA1
- Cold Harbor National Cemetery · Mechanicsville, VA1
- Ivy Hill Cemetery · Smithfield, VA1
- Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery · Alexandria, VA1
- Saint Paul's Cemetery · Alexandria, VA1
- Springwood Cemetery · Leesburg, VA1
- Hebron Cemetery · Staunton, VA1
- Cedar Grove Cemetery · Norfolk, VA1
Top 25 of 41 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Virginia
World War II veterans1,175World War I veterans815Medal of Honor recipients401Spanish-American War veterans353Korean War veterans314United States representatives305Writers and poets279Vietnam War veterans213Aviators and astronauts171Journalists125Inventors and engineers113Painters, sculptors and photographers95Business leaders92Physicians86Scientists86United States senators85American football players81Governors64Mexican-American War veterans53Actors50Musicians and singers45Baseball players43Architects23Supreme Court justices19Basketball players18
Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.