Confederate veterans are classified as American veterans and they are buried at National cemeteries all over the country. Arlington National Cemetery has plenty of Confederate veterans buried in it’s hollowed grounds. The Confederate Memorial at Arlington contains the inscription:
Not for fame or reward
Not for place or for rank
Not lured by ambition
Or goaded by necessity
But in simple
Obedience to duty
As they understood it
These men suffered all
Sacrificed all
Dared all-and died
Hollowed grounds? I'm pretty sure they fill the entire grave with dirt.
Works for me. The funny part is that RE Lee’s property at Arlington was turned into a cemetery in retaliation for Virginia confiscating the property of the Union general Thomas.
Yet I doubt Lee could have a finer tribute than his home being the most prestigious cemetery for military men in the nation.
The Veterans Administration will still provide a Confederate Head stones with the submission of the proper paperwork. A few years back, a friend that was a Civil War reenactor discovered a blood relative that had been in a VA infantry unit buried a Portsmouth VA cemetery with just a flat grave marker. He submitted a copy of his relative confederate army discharge to the VA. About 4 month later he received a Confederate soldiers grave marker in white marble, engraved with his relatives name rank, unit and date of death.