Unfortunately the literally thousands of Confederate dead that fell in 1862 aren't memorialized by name anywhere in or around Mechanicsville. Those killed in The Peninsula Campaign who were lucky enough to make it to a cemetery are interred mostly in Oakwood Cemetery. Many are accounted for, many are not. However there are remains buried all throughout the many hundreds of acres of land that were the battlefields of The Seven Days. There is rumored ( and widely agreed ) that a mass grave near the Watt House holds the remains of over 4000 Confederates. Even today almost every time a field is plowed bones come to the surface. I know this because I've seen them. Burial after battle came with little dignity and even less ceremony. The ground in Hanover, Virginia is indeed sacred ground. Soil made rich by the blood of men willing to die for freedom.
Keith Saunders
2nd Lt. Commander - Public Relations
Edmund Ruffin Fire Eaters, Camp 3000
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Hanover, VA