Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery

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. 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, 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.

Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Virginia Landmarks Register
The circle of 25 graves at Ball's Bluff
LocationLoudoun County, Virginia, US
Nearest cityLeesburg, Virginia
Coordinates39°07′55″N 77°31′47″W
Area76 acres (31 ha)
NRHP reference No.84003880
VLR No.253-5021
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 27, 1984
Designated NHLDApril 27, 1984
Designated VLROctober 16, 1984
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