CUMBERLAND COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Confederate Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Confederate cemetery or soldiers’ cemetery: 1937 July 20 Research made by Esther R. Meadow Cemetery Location: .2 mile north of Farmville, Virginia on Route #43; thence east .3 mile on Route #653. The cemetery on east side of the road. Cumberland County DATE: 1861 OWNERS: United Daughters of the Confederacy. DESCRIPTION: The Soldier’s Cemetery is located in Cumberland County, about one half mile from Farmville corporate limits on the western slope and near the summit of the hill almost directly west of the “Lithia Springs”. It is a beautiful location, commanding a fine view of the town of Farmville, Virginia, the Valley of the Appomattox River for several miles, the crest of the Blue Ridge in the far west, Willis Mountain to the northwest and Leigh’s Mountain to the southwest with an intervening landscape dotted here and there with cleared land and farm houses. In 1867 or 1868, the grounds of the Confederate Cemetery were enclosed with a good but plain plank fence and headboards were placed at the graves. About this time, nearly 500 soldiers were buried at this place. Since that time, a good many of the soldiers’ bodies have been removed by relations or friends. At the present time, it is supposed there are 350 or 400 bodies in the cemetery. At the time the cemetery was enclosed, a plat was made of the grounds, but that was lost many years ago. Although a head-board was erected at each grave, at that time, the headboards have disappeared. The plat has grown up in weeds, bushes and trees. Not a trace of the enclosure remains. At various places, there are half a dozen cement posts. Some of this are at the boundary of the cemetery, two of them were put where the graves actually begin. The two latter posts were put there for gate posts, a great many years ago, when plans were made for again enclosing the cemetery. Some of the cement posts were put there for corner posts. There is one monument, which is tall and may be seen from a long distance. This monument is near the summit of the hill, where the soldier’s bodies were interred. This memorial has the base of cement, forming a square, resembling two steps. At the top of the cement there is a base of rough granite, also square, above which is the monument proper. This, also, is of granite, which is rough on three sides and has a glazed surface on which there is the following inscription: FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH CONFEDERATE HEROES 1861 – 1865 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: In this cemetery were interred the bodies of Confederate soldiers, who died from wounds and diseases in the Farmville hospital during and just after the War Between the States. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Owners: United Daughters of the Confederacy, Farmville, Virginia Informant: Mr. Walter Wright, Farmville, Virginia Some information was obtained from the address given by Dr. James L. White in 1897 and which was printed in the “Farmville Herald” in March, 1935. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. ___________________________________________________________________