{"id":117709,"date":"2026-05-01T12:12:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/?p=117709"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:02:50","slug":"federal-stewardship-of-confederate-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/federal-stewardship-of-confederate-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Stewardship of Confederate Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/05\/Federal-Stewardship-of-Confederate-Dead-Cover-Image-1.webp\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/05\/Federal-Stewardship-of-Confederate-Dead-Cover-Image-1.webp\" alt=\"Federal Stewardship of Confederate Dead\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-117711\" style=\"width:451px;height:auto\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27787%27%20height%3D%27750%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20787%20750%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27787%27%20height%3D%27750%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/05\/Federal-Stewardship-of-Confederate-Dead-Cover-Image-1.webp?resize=300,286 300w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/05\/Federal-Stewardship-of-Confederate-Dead-Cover-Image-1.webp?resize=600,572 600w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/05\/Federal-Stewardship-of-Confederate-Dead-Cover-Image-1.webp?resize=768,732 768w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/05\/Federal-Stewardship-of-Confederate-Dead-Cover-Image-1.webp 787w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Federal Stewardship of Confederate Dead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This cultural resource study is the result of a project by the National Cemetery Administration&#8217;s History Program to assemble primary historic information about a thematic group of NCA properties: cemeteries and memorials that exclusively or partially contain Confederate burials. While Civil War-era national cemeteries were created to bury Union dead, the U.S. Government was also responsible for Confederate dead, most of whom were associated with prisoner-of-war camps. This publication examines nine all-Confederate cemeteries and nine national cemeteries containing the greatest number of Confederate graves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns117709_62af36-2e{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns117709_62af36-2e .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns117709_62af36-2e .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns117709_62af36-2e .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;border-color:#555555;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns117709_62af36-2e .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns117709_62af36-2e .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{color:#ffffff;border-color:#444444;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns117709_62af36-2e .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button::before{display:none;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns117709_62af36-2e .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns117709_62af36-2e .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{background:#444444;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns117709_62af36-2e\"><style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn117709_1f34c4-36.kb-button{width:initial;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn117709_1f34c4-36 kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-fill kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cem.va.gov\/docs\/wcag\/history\/Federal-Stewardship-Confederate-Dead.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Download the Complete Story (PDF)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This cultural resource study is the result of a project by the National Cemetery Administration&#8217;s History Program to assemble primary historic information about a thematic group of NCA properties: cemeteries and memorials that exclusively or partially contain Confederate burials. While Civil War-era national cemeteries were created to bury Union dead, the U.S. Government was also responsible for Confederate dead, most of whom were associated with prisoner-of-war camps. 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