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I live a short distance from Bristow / Bristoe Station in Prince William County, Virginia. During my research of the 14th Alabama, I have been informed by different people in the county about a cemetery near Bristow Station where a number of 10th Alabama soldiers were buried. As I recall, (unfortunately, I have not documented this information) a housing developer identified the cemetery location when they began building a new housing development near the Bristow Station battlefield. The story, as I remember it, was that the cemetery originally had wood crosses that were removed at some later time - I believe in the late 1800s or early 1900s. The cemetery in question was identified as being specifically 10th Alabama soldiers. When I read the article we were provided, it is consistent with the information I recall being given several years ago. Here is another article that briefly mentions the 10th Alabama cemetery. http://www.civilwarnews.com/archive/articles/bristoe_station.htm . I also found on the Internet (you can "google" it) a pdf Registration form that was submitted to place the Bristow Battlefield on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 (It appears that it has since been delisted in 1993). Here is a pargraph from that document. "There are two cemeteries within the district boundaries. The first, the Carr Cemetery, is delineated on county plat maps (#92-01-488) and has recently been enclosed by a chain link fence. The second dates to the early years of the Civil War and consists of the graves of men from the 10th Alabama who died while encamped in the Bristow area in August and September 1861. It is an unmarked and unplatted cemetery. Until a few months there were still headstones associated with some of the graves. Because he is worried that someone will steal the stones, the property owner has since moved the headstones to his yard. Although the area is wooded and low, dense vegetation obscures much of the ground surface, there are still many obvious grave depressions. One unmarked headstone is on the ground." Also when I googled the subject, I found a previous comment on this message board from February 2002. The subject was "Alabama Cemetery at Bristoe Station, VA". At that time, John Pearson mentioned an Alabama Cemetery that had been found by Centex Homes. What may be most helpful is a historical marker has been created by the Prince William County Historical Commission. The marker specifically mentions the 10th Alabama Cemetery. http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=40090

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