Prospect Hill Cemetery is located in Front Royal, Virginia.

Not only does Prospect Hill Cemetery afford breathtaking views of Front Royal and the surrounding areas, but it has also been an active cemetery for over 200 years. The oldest grave dates to 1802 and belongs to Rebecca Allen Williamson, who was the sister to famous Clarke County resident David Hume Allen.

Visitors are encouraged to drive through the cemetery! The cemetery’s main entrance is at the west end of Prospect Street, which runs east-west on the south side of Front Royal. A one way loop road circles the cemetery.

200 West Prospect Street, Front Royal, VA 22630

At the entrance to the cemetery is the Mosby Monument flanked by two Parrott Rifled Cannons. This monument, erected in 1899, commemorates the lives of seven John S. Mosby’s Rangers who were executed in Front Royal in September of 1864. Mosby’s Rangers added much to the fame of the surrounding area, for it was here that the Mosby-Sheridan feud originated and reached its boiling point. Some of Mosby’s Rangers attacked what they thought was a Federal foraging party near Front Royal. It turned out to be the whole of Sheridan`s cavalry, and in cutting their way out of the desperate situation, some of the Rangers fired at a Federal Officer who had fallen from his horse. His death so incensed Sheridan that he ordered Mosby and his Rangers exterminated. General George Custer, under the cruelest circumstances, executed the Rangers captured in battle.

In 1867, the Ladies’ Warren Memorial Association dedicated themselves to the task of collecting the Confederate dead buried in Warren County and placing them in a circular lot on this hill. On a circular lot at the top of the hill lay the remains of 276 Confederate soldiers representing each state of the Confederacy. This solitary commemorative is called “Soldiers’ Circle”.

It was also from this hill on May 23, 1862 that Stonewall Jackson directed his troops during the Battle of Front Royal. The Battle is distinguished in history as the opening battle of General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson`s famous Valley Campaign. As a part of McClellan`s plan to capture Richmond in 1862, General Banks and around 10,000 men distributed in this section of the valley. Federal troops of the 1st. Maryland, U.S. under Kenly were stationed in Front Royal. Suddenly from the forests emerged long lines of men in grey. Leading these Southern troops was Col. Bradley T. Johnson and the 1st. Maryland, C.S.A. This was the start of the Battle of Front Royal or as history will record: The Battle of “Brother against Brother.”