Elmwood Cemetery serves as the final resting place for more than 250 Confederate soldiers killed during the Battle of Antietam, one of the bloodiest and most important battles of the American Civil War. The cemetery was conveyed in 1980 as part of the Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church facility, originally encompassing one acre. It was officially dedicated in its present form as a monument to the area's deceased Civil War soldiers in 1869. Today, it is open to the public, honoring those who died at area hospitals during the war and were interred on its grounds. Important gravesites at the cemetery include Henry Kyd Douglas, a staff member of General Stonewall Jackson. Two Revolutionary War veterans are also buried at the site, along with several deceased veterans of the War of 1812 and the First and Second World Wars.

4878 WV-480, Shepherdstown, WV 25443, Phone: 304-876-6440

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