Cemetery grounds are open dawn to dusk, 365 days a year. Cemetery Center housing a Mourning Museum and the office of the Southern Memorial Association is open 11:00 A.M. -3:00 P.M. daily (November-February, closed Sundays; closed major holidays)
Visitor services
Restrooms at the Cemetery Center open daily dawn to dusk. Cemetery Center Gift Shop open 11am-3pm daily (November-February, closed Sundays; closed major holidays). Partially handicapped accessible.
Regular Events
Annual Rose Festival and Confederate Memorial Day Service in May.
Directions
Please visit website or call Cemetery Center for directions. www.gravegarden.org/info.htm or 434-847-1465.
Site Description
The Old City Cemetery served three distinct and important roles in the Civil War: it was a burial ground for over 2700 soldiers, both Union and Confederate; it was the location of the Pest House smallpox quarantine hospital; and it was the location of the quartermasterÆs glanders stable for innovative medical research on a disease affecting the Confederate cavalry horses. It also was the site of the initial line of inner defenses on June 18, 1864 during Hunter's Raid and the Battle of Lynchburg.
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