Ball’s Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery

Has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1984

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker can be reached from Ball’s Bluff Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Ball’s Bluff National Cemetery

The twenty-five graves here in one of America’s smallest national cemeteries contain the partial remains of 54 Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, October 21, 1861. All are unidentified except Pvt. James Allen of Northbridge, Massachusetts, who ...

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery

Gen. Zachary Taylor (1784 – 1850), distinguished lifelong soldier and twelfth President of the United States, buried here in family cemetery. Commissioned Lt. in 1808. Served in War of 1812; Black Hawk War, 1832; Seminole War, 1836 – 43. Major ...