These and other Confederates were buried in graves near the old town cemetery. Their graves are not marked. Whatever markings may have been placed on them during the war have long since disappeared. Archaeologists discovered the graves about a decade ago. Graves marked in the 1960s by the Sons of Confederate Veterans and/or United Daughters of the Confederacy proved to be post-war civilians. There have been efforts to have this Confederate cemetery transferred to the Port Hudson State Historic Site.