Dates Established
Original National Cemeteries:
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Cemetery
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Location
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Year Est.
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First Burial
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Alexandria
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Alexandria, Va.
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1862
|
1862
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Annapolis
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Annapolis, Md.
|
1862
|
1862
|
Antietam1
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Sharpsburg, Md.
|
1862
|
1862
|
Camp Butler
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Springfield, Ill.
|
1862
|
1862
|
Cypress Hills
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Brooklyn, N.Y.
|
1862
|
1848
|
Danville
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Danville, Ky.
|
1862
|
1862
|
Fort Leavenworth
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Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
|
1862
|
1827
|
Fort Scott
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Fort Scott, Kan.
|
1862
|
1862
|
Keokuk
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Keokuk, Iowa
|
1862
|
1861
|
Loudon Park
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Baltimore, Md.
|
1862
|
1861
|
Mill Springs
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Nancy, Ky.
|
1862
|
1862
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New Albany
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New Albany, Ind.
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1862
|
1862
|
Philadelphia2
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Philadelphia, Pa.
|
1862
|
1862
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Soldiers Home3
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Washington, D.C.
|
1862
|
1862
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Established from 1862 to 1872 for reinterments of Civil War battle dead, soldiers who died while held prisoner and soldiers who died in hospitals.
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Cemetery
|
Location
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Year Est.
|
First Burial
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Beaufort
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Beaufort, S.C.
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1863
|
1863
|
Cave Hill
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Louisville, Ky.
|
1863
|
1861
|
Gettysburg4
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Gettysburg, Pa.
|
1863
|
1863
|
Knoxville
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Knoxville, Tenn.
|
1863
|
1863
|
Lexington
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Lexington, Ky.
|
1863
|
1861
|
Rock Island
|
Rock Island, Ill.
|
1863
|
1815
|
|
|
|
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Beverly
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Beverly, N.J.
|
1864
|
1864
|
Mound City
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Mound City, Ill.
|
1864
|
1864
|
|
|
|
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Andersonville4
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Andersonville, Ga.
|
1865
|
1865
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Arlington3
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Arlington, Va.
|
1865
|
1865
|
Balls Bluff
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Leesburg, Va.
|
1865
|
1865
|
Florence
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Florence, S.C.
|
1865
|
1864
|
Fredericksburg4
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Fredericksburg, Va.
|
1865
|
1865
|
Mobile
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Mobile, Ala.
|
1865
|
1865
|
Salisbury5
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Salisbury, N.C.
|
1865
|
1863
|
Stones River4
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Murfreesboro, Tenn.
|
1865
|
1865
|
|
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Camp Nelson
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Nicholasville, Ky.
|
1866
|
1863
|
City Point
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Hopewell, Va.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Cold Harbor
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Mechanicsville, Va.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Corinth
|
Corinth, Miss.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Crown Hill
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Indianapolis, Ind.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Danville
|
Danville, Va.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Glendale
|
Richmond, Va.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Fort Harrison
|
Fort Harrison, Va.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Hampton
|
Hampton, Va.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Jefferson Barracks
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St. Louis, Mo.
|
1866
|
1827
|
Marietta
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Marietta, Ga.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Nashville
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Madison, Tenn.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Natchez
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Natchez, Miss.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Poplar Grove4
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Petersburg, Va.
|
1866
|
1864
|
Port Hudson
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Zachary, La.
|
1866
|
1863
|
Richmond
|
Richmond, Va.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Seven Pines
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Sandston, Va.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Staunton
|
Staunton, Va.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Vicksburg4
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Vicksburg, Miss.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Winchester
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Winchester, Va.
|
1866
|
1866
|
Yorktown4
|
Yorktown, Va.
|
1866
|
1866
|
|
|
|
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Alexandria
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Pineville, La.
|
1867
|
1867
|
Battleground4
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Washington, D.C.
|
1867
|
1864
|
Baton Rouge
|
Baton Rouge, La.
|
1867
|
1867
|
Chattanooga
|
Chattanooga, Tenn.
|
1867
|
1863
|
Culpeper
|
Culpeper, Va.
|
1867
|
1867
|
Dayton7
|
Dayton, Ohio
|
1867
|
1867
|
Fayetteville
|
Fayetteville, Ark.
|
1867
|
1867
|
Fort Donelson4
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Dover, Tenn.
|
1867
|
1867
|
Fort Lyon6
|
Fort Lyon, Colo.
|
1867
|
1867
|
Fort Smith
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Fort Smith, Ark.
|
1867
|
1819
|
Grafton
|
Grafton, W.V.
|
1867
|
1867
|
Jefferson City
|
Jefferson City, Mo.
|
1867
|
1861
|
Lebanon
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Lebanon, Ky.
|
1867
|
1867
|
Memphis
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Memphis, Tenn.
|
1867
|
1867
|
New Bern
|
New Bern, N.C.
|
1867
|
1867
|
San Antonio
|
San Antonio, Texas
|
1867
|
1867
|
Shiloh4
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Shiloh, Tenn.
|
1867
|
1867
|
Springfield
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Springfield, Mo.
|
1867
|
1867
|
Wilmington
|
Wilmington, N.C.
|
1867
|
1867
|
|
|
|
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Barrancas
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Barrancas, Fla.
|
1868
|
1838
|
Chalmette4
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Chalmette, La.
|
1868
|
1868
|
Fort Gibson
|
Fort Gibson, Okla.
|
1868
|
1831
|
Little Rock
|
Little Rock, Ark.
|
1868
|
1868
|
|
|
|
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Raleigh
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Raleigh, N.C.
|
1871
|
1865
|
Wood7
|
Wood, Wis.
|
1871
|
1867
|
Established from 1873 to 1973. Many were originally post cemeteries at frontier forts. Twenty-one were established on the grounds of national homes for veterans or on the grounds of VA medical facilities and did not become national cemeteries until 1973.
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Cemetery
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Location
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Year Est.
|
First Burial
|
Fort McPherson
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Maxwell, Neb.
|
1873
|
1867
|
|
|
|
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Woodlawn
|
Elmira, N.Y.
|
1874
|
1864
|
|
|
|
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Finn's Point
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Salem, N.J.
|
1875
|
1837
|
Santa Fe
|
Santa Fe, N.M.
|
1875
|
1868
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Meade8
|
Sturgis, S.D.
|
1878
|
1878
|
|
|
|
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Bath8
|
Bath, N.Y.
|
1879
|
1879
|
Little Bighorn4
|
Crow Agency, Mo.
|
1879
|
1879
|
|
|
|
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St. Augustine
|
St. Augustine, Fla.
|
1881
|
1839
|
|
|
|
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San Francisco
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San Francisco, Calif.
|
1884
|
1850
|
|
|
|
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Danville8
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Danville, Ill.
|
1898
|
1898
|
Hampton VAMC8
|
Hampton (VAMC), Va.
|
1898
|
1898
|
|
|
|
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Quincy
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Quincy, Ill.
|
1899
|
1862
|
|
|
|
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Mountain Home8
|
Mountain Home Tenn.
|
1903
|
1903
|
|
|
|
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Andrew Johnson4
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Greenville, Tenn.
|
1906
|
1906
|
|
|
|
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Fort Bayard8
|
Fort Bayard, N.M.
|
1922
|
1866
|
|
|
|
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Sitka
|
Sitka, Alaska
|
1924
|
1890
|
|
|
|
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Zachary Taylor
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Louisville, Ky.
|
1928
|
1829
|
|
|
|
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Hot Springs8
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Hot Springs, S.D.
|
1930
|
1903
|
Leavenworth8
|
Leavenworth, Kan.
|
1930
|
1886
|
Los Angeles8
|
Los Angeles, Calif.
|
1930
|
1889
|
Marion8
|
Marion, Ind.
|
1930
|
1888
|
|
|
|
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Prescott8
|
Prescott, Ariz.
|
1931
|
1864
|
|
|
|
|
Roseburg8
|
Roseburg, Ore.
|
1932
|
1897
|
|
|
|
|
Bay Pines
|
Bay Pines, Fla.
|
1933
|
1933
|
|
|
|
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Biloxi8
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Biloxi, Miss.
|
1934
|
1934
|
Fort Rosecrans
|
San Diego, Calif.
|
1934
|
1902
|
|
|
|
|
Baltimore
|
Baltimore, Md.
|
1936
|
1936
|
Togus8
|
Togus, Maine
|
1936
|
1866
|
Long Island
|
Farmingdale, L.I., N.Y.
|
1936
|
1936
|
|
|
|
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Fort Sam Houston
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San Antonio, Texas
|
1937
|
1926
|
|
|
|
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Golden Gate
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San Bruno, Calif.
|
1938
|
1941
|
|
|
|
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Fort Bliss
|
Fort Bliss, Texas
|
1939
|
1848
|
Fort Snelling
|
Minneapolis, Minn.
|
1939
|
1870
|
|
|
|
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Kerrville8
|
Kerrville, Texas
|
1943
|
1943
|
|
|
|
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Alton
|
Alton, Ill.
|
1948
|
1862
|
Black Hills
|
Sturgis, S.D.
|
1948
|
1878
|
Natl. Memorial Cem. of the Pacific
|
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
1948
|
1949
|
Puerto Rico
|
Bayamon, P.R.
|
1948
|
1943
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Logan
|
Denver, Colo.
|
1950
|
1889
|
Willamette
|
Portland, Ore.
|
1950
|
1951
|
|
|
|
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Eagle Point8
|
Eagle Point, Ore.
|
1952
|
1952
|
|
|
|
|
Houston8
|
Houston, Texas
|
1963
|
1965
|
National cemeteries established after 1973 that are maintained by the National Cemetery Administration.
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|
|
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Cemetery
|
Location
|
Year Est.
|
First Burial
|
Calverton
|
Calverton, N.Y.
|
1976
|
1978
|
Indiantown Gap
|
Annville, Pa.
|
1976
|
1982
|
Massachusetts
|
Bourne, Mass.
|
1976
|
1980
|
Riverside
|
Riverside, Calif.
|
1976
|
1978
|
|
|
|
|
Quantico
|
Triangle, Va.
|
1977
|
1983
|
|
|
|
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Fort Custer
|
Augusta, Mich.
|
1982
|
1982
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Richardson9
|
Fort Richardson, Alaska
|
1984
|
1942
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Mitchell
|
Phoenix City, Ala.
|
1987
|
1987
|
Florida
|
Bushnell, Fla.
|
1987
|
1988
|
West Virginia
|
Pruntytown, W.V.
|
1987
|
1988
|
|
|
|
|
Natl. Memorial Cem. of Arizona10
|
Phoenix, Ariz.
|
1989
|
1979
|
|
|
|
|
San Joaquin Valley
|
Gustine, Calif.
|
1992
|
1992
|
|
|
|
|
Tahoma
|
Kent, Wash.
|
1997
|
1997
|
|
|
|
|
Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga
|
Schuylerville, N.Y.
|
1999
|
1999
|
Abraham Lincoln
|
Elwood, Ill.
|
1999
|
1999
|
|
|
|
|
Dallas-Fort Worth
|
Dallas, Texas
|
2000
|
2000
|
Ohio Western Reserve
|
Rittman, Ohio
|
2000
|
2000
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Sill
|
Elgin, Okla.
|
2001
|
2001
|
Natl. Cem. of the Alleghenies
|
Bridgeville, Pa.
|
2005
|
2005
|
Great Lakes
|
Holly, Mich.
|
2005
|
2005
|
|
|
Georgia
|
Canton, Ga.
|
2006
|
2006
|
Sacramento Valley
|
Dixon, Calif.
|
2006
|
2006
|
|
|
South Florida
|
Lake Worth, Fla.
|
2007
|
2007
|
Soldier's Lots:
Lots reserved for soldiers in private or municipal cemeteries maintained by the National Cemetery Administration.
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|
|
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Cemetery
|
Location
|
Year Est.
|
First Burial
|
Fort Mackinac Post
|
Mackinac Island, Mich.
|
1814
|
1814
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Winnebago
|
Portage, Wis.
|
1862
|
1835
|
Albany Rural
|
Albany, N.Y.
|
1862
|
1841
|
Forest Hill
|
Madison, Wis.
|
1862
|
1861
|
Mt. Pleasant
|
Augusta, Maine
|
1862
|
1853
|
|
|
|
|
Forest Home
|
Milwaukee, Wis.
|
1863
|
1850
|
Woodland
|
Cleveland, Ohio
|
1863
|
1863
|
|
|
|
|
Prospect Hill
|
Brattleboro, Vt.
|
1864
|
1862
|
|
|
|
|
Ashland
|
Carlisle, Pa.
|
1865
|
1863
|
|
|
|
|
Green Mount
|
Montpelier, Vt.
|
1866
|
1865
|
Oakdale
|
Davenport, Iowa
|
1866
|
1862
|
|
|
|
|
Mound
|
Racine, Wis.
|
1868
|
1852
|
Prospect Hill
|
York, Pa.
|
1868
|
1862
|
|
|
|
|
Baxter Springs
|
Baxter Springs, Kan.
|
1869
|
1863
|
|
|
|
|
Mound City
|
Mound City, Kan.
|
1874
|
1864
|
|
|
|
|
Allegheny
|
Pittsburgh, Pa.
|
1875
|
1844
|
|
|
|
|
Mt. Moriah
|
Philadelphia, Pa.
|
1878
|
1862
|
|
|
|
|
Lake Side
|
Port Huron, Mich.
|
1881
|
1881
|
|
|
|
|
Forest Lawn
|
Omaha, Neb.
|
1887
|
1889
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Crawford
|
Prairie du Chien, Wis.
|
1904
|
1816
|
|
|
|
|
Woodlawn
|
Ayer, Mass.
|
1918
|
1918
|
|
|
|
|
Evergreen
|
Southgate, Ky.
|
1950
|
1892
|
Government Lots:
|
|
|
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Cemetery
|
Location
|
Year Est. |
First Burial |
Mt. Moriah Naval
|
Philadelphia, Pa.
|
1977
|
1864
|
|
|
|
|
Congressional11
|
Washington, D.C.
|
1808
|
1808
|
Confederate Cemeteries and Plots in Private Cemeteries:
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|
|
|
Cemetery
|
Location
|
Year Est.
|
First Burial
|
Confederate Stockade
|
Sandusky, Ohio
|
1862
|
1862
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Island Confederate
|
Rock Island, Ill.
|
1863
|
1863
|
|
|
|
|
Confederate Mound Oak Woods
|
Chicago, Ill.
|
1866
|
1866
|
|
|
|
|
North Alton Confederate
|
Alton, Ill.
|
1867
|
1855
|
|
|
|
|
Point Lookout Confederate
|
St. Mary's County, Md.
|
1874
|
1864
|
|
|
|
|
Camp Chase Confederate
|
Columbus, Ohio
|
1879
|
1862
|
|
|
|
|
Crown Hill Confederate12
|
Indianapolis, Ind.
|
1931
|
1931
|
Monuments:
Monument
|
Location
|
Est.
|
Union Confederate Monument13
|
Kansas City, Mo.
|
1912
|
|
|
|
Woodlawn Cem. Confederate Monument14
|
Terre Haute, Ind.
|
1952
|
(1) Antietam National Cemetery and Battlefield Site is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The cemetery was established in 1862, but title to the land was not transferred to the War Department until 1877.
(2) Union Soldiers who died in hospitals near Philadelphia were buried in 7 different cemeteries. These soldiers were disinterred and moved to the present location in 1885.
(3) U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and Arlington National Cemeteries are administered by the U.S. Department of the Army.
(4) These national cemeteries are administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
(5) The remains of 11,700 unknown Union soldiers are buried at Salisbury National Cemetery.
(6) Fort Lyon, the military post, was established in 1867 (named for Brig. General Nathaniel Lyon, killed in action at Wilson's Creek on Aug. 10, 1861, the first Union general killed in the Civil War). Remains buried in the old post cemetery were moved to Ft. McPherson National Cemetery when the Army the post in 1887. In 1906, the cemetery was reactivated when the U.S. Navy established a tuberculosis hospital for sailors and marines at the site. In 1922, the Veterans Bureau (a predecessor of VA) assumed operation of the Fort Lyon Hospital and Cemetery.
(7) Wood Cemetery was established on the grounds of the Northwest Branch National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and Dayton was established on the grounds of the asylum's central branch. The Veterans Administration assumed administration of both the facility and cemetery in 1930. It did not become a national cemetery until 1973, when VA assumed responsibility for the National Cemetery Administration.
(8) Administered by the Veterans Administration beginning in 1973 when national cemeteries administered by the Army were transferred to VA. Became national cemeteries after that date, although they were established earlier. Most of these cemeteries were on the grounds of national homes or asylums for disabled soldiers and sailors.
(9) Previously an Army post cemetery, reserved for active duty military personnel and their families.
(10) National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona was established as a State Veterans Cemetery in 1979. It was transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1989 and became a national cemetery.
(11) The site of Congressional Cemetery was first set aside as a burial ground by the Vestry of Christ Church in 1808. In 1817, the church reserved 100 gravesites for the interment of members of Congress. Today, NCA is responsible for 469 gravesites in the cemetery. In total, there are 806 government-owned sites. There are 168 cenotaphs in the cemetery that were used to memorialize congressmen who died in office. There are nine Native American Delegate Members buried in the cemetery who died while representing their tribes on delegations to Washington. There are 45 Confederate soldiers buried there as well.
(12) The remains of 1,616 Confederate prisoners of war who died at Camp Morton in Indianapolis during the Civil War were originally buried in Greenlaw Cemetery. In 1931, their remains were reburied in Crown Hill Cemetery.
(13) Monument in Union Cemetery erected to 15 Confederate prisoners of war who died in Kansas City and are buried in the cemetery as unknowns.
(14) Monument in Woodlawn Cemetery erected in memory of 11 Confederate prisoners of war who died in Terre Haute and whose graves in the cemetery cannot be identified.
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