Cemetery for Hebrew Confederate Soldiers

Coordinates: 37°33′08″N 77°25′47″W / 37.55222°N 77.42972°W / 37.55222; -77.42972

The Cemetery for Hebrew Confederate Soldiers is a Jewish cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. Along with a cemetery for Jewish veterans of World War I located in Weissensee, Berlin, it is the only Jewish military cemetery not located in Israel. The cemetery is within the Hebrew Cemetery of Richmond, on historic Shockoe Hill, and is maintained by Congregation Beth Ahabah.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Cemetery for Hebrew Confederate Soldiers". Jewish-American History Documentation Foundation. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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