National Cemetery - Little Rock, AR - a cemetery originally dedicated for Confederate soldiers

Little Rock National Cemetery can be found at 2523 Confederate Road in Little Rock, Arkansas. The land was originally used for encampments by Union soldiers and during 1866 with the encampments still present part of the land was bought by the government. This land as put aside to hold military interments; the land was bought in two parcels. The Little Rock National Cemetery was designated on the 9th of April in 1868.

The National Cemetery was originally designated to concentrate on the remains of the Union dead that had been buried all over the state of Arkansas. There have been 640 solders of the Confederacy relocated here from the Mt. Holly Cemetery.

The cemetery is open from dawn until dusk for visitation. The office is open from 8am until 4pm Monday through Friday and closed on all federal holidays with the exception of Memorial Day. The cemetery is in Little Rock's southeast section and accessible from Interstate 30. The Roosevelt Road exit is used to reach the cemetery from I-30 and it is also a short distance from the Little Rock National Airport on Interstate 440 west onto Springer Boulevard.

The National Cemetery is only accepting interments from eligible family members and veterans into gravesites already in existence.