Dates Established - Burial & Memorials

Burial & Memorials

Dates Established

Original National Cemeteries:


Cemetery	Location	Year Est.	First Burial
Alexandria	Alexandria, Va.	1862	1862
Annapolis	Annapolis, Md.	1862	1862
Antietam1	Sharpsburg, Md.	1862	1862
Camp Butler	Springfield, Ill.	1862	1862
Cypress Hills	Brooklyn, N.Y.	1862	1848
Danville	Danville, Ky.	1862	1862
Fort Leavenworth	Fort Leavenworth, Kan.	1862	1827
Fort Scott	Fort Scott, Kan.	1862	1862
Keokuk	Keokuk, Iowa	1862	1861
Loudon Park	Baltimore, Md.	1862	1861
Mill Springs	Nancy, Ky.	1862	1862
New Albany	New Albany, Ind.	1862	1862
Philadelphia2	Philadelphia, Pa.	1862	1862
Soldiers Home3	Washington, D.C.	1862	1862

Established from 1862 to 1872 for reinterments of Civil War battle dead, soldiers who died while held prisoner and soldiers who died in hospitals.


Cemetery	Location	Year Est.	First Burial
Beaufort	Beaufort, S.C.	1863	1863
Cave Hill	Louisville, Ky.	1863	1861
Gettysburg4	Gettysburg, Pa.	1863	1863
Knoxville	Knoxville, Tenn.	1863	1863
Lexington	Lexington, Ky.	1863	1861
Rock Island	Rock Island, Ill.	1863	1815

Beverly	Beverly, N.J.	1864	1864
Mound City	Mound City, Ill.	1864	1864

Andersonville4	Andersonville, Ga.	1865	1865
Arlington3	Arlington, Va.	1865	1865
Balls Bluff	Leesburg, Va.	1865	1865
Florence	Florence, S.C.	1865	1864
Fredericksburg4	Fredericksburg, Va.	1865	1865
Mobile	Mobile, Ala.	1865	1865
Salisbury5	Salisbury, N.C.	1865	1863
Stones River4	Murfreesboro, Tenn.	1865	1865

Camp Nelson	Nicholasville, Ky.	1866	1863
City Point	Hopewell, Va.	1866	1866
Cold Harbor	Mechanicsville, Va.	1866	1866
Corinth	Corinth, Miss.	1866	1866
Crown Hill	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	St. Louis, Mo.	1866	1827
Marietta	Marietta, Ga.	1866	1866
Nashville	Madison, Tenn.	1866	1866
Natchez	Natchez, Miss.	1866	1866
Poplar Grove4	Petersburg, Va.	1866	1864
Port Hudson	Zachary, La.	1866	1863
Richmond	Richmond, Va.	1866	1866
Seven Pines	Sandston, Va.	1866	1866
Staunton	Staunton, Va.	1866	1866
Vicksburg4	Vicksburg, Miss.	1866	1866
Winchester	Winchester, Va.	1866	1866
Yorktown4	Yorktown, Va.	1866	1866

Alexandria	Pineville, La.	1867	1867
Battleground4	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	Dover, Tenn.	1867	1867
Fort Lyon6	Fort Lyon, Colo.	1867	1867
Fort Smith	Fort Smith, Ark.	1867	1819
Grafton	Grafton, W.V.	1867	1867
Jefferson City	Jefferson City, Mo.	1867	1861
Lebanon	Lebanon, Ky.	1867	1867
Memphis	Memphis, Tenn.	1867	1867
New Bern	New Bern, N.C.	1867	1867
San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	1867	1867
Shiloh4	Shiloh, Tenn.	1867	1867
Springfield	Springfield, Mo.	1867	1867
Wilmington	Wilmington, N.C.	1867	1867

Barrancas	Barrancas, Fla.	1868	1838
Chalmette4	Chalmette, La.	1868	1868
Fort Gibson	Fort Gibson, Okla.	1868	1831
Little Rock	Little Rock, Ark.	1868	1868

Raleigh	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.


Cemetery	Location	Year Est.		First Burial
Fort McPherson	Maxwell, Neb.	1873	1867

Woodlawn	Elmira, N.Y.	1874	1864

Finn's Point	Salem, N.J.	1875	1837
Santa Fe	Santa Fe, N.M.	1875	1868

Fort Meade8	Sturgis, S.D.	1878	1878

Bath8	Bath, N.Y.	1879	1879
Little Bighorn4	Crow Agency, Mo.	1879	1879

St. Augustine	St. Augustine, Fla.	1881	1839

San Francisco	San Francisco, Calif.	1884	1850

Danville8	Danville, Ill.	1898	1898
Hampton VAMC8	Hampton (VAMC), Va.	1898	1898

Quincy	Quincy, Ill.	1899	1862

Mountain Home8	Mountain Home Tenn.	1903	1903

Andrew Johnson4	Greenville, Tenn.	1906	1906

Fort Bayard8	Fort Bayard, N.M.	1922	1866

Sitka	Sitka, Alaska	1924	1890

Zachary Taylor	Louisville, Ky.	1928	1829

Hot Springs8	Hot Springs, S.D.	1930	1903
Leavenworth8	Leavenworth, Kan.	1930	1886
Los Angeles8	Los Angeles, Calif.	1930	1889
Marion8	Marion, Ind.	1930	1888

Prescott8	Prescott, Ariz.	1931	1864

Roseburg8	Roseburg, Ore.	1932	1897

Bay Pines	Bay Pines, Fla.	1933	1933

Biloxi8	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

Fort Sam Houston	San Antonio, Texas	1937	1926

Golden Gate	San Bruno, Calif.	1938	1941

Fort Bliss	Fort Bliss, Texas	1939	1848
Fort Snelling	Minneapolis, Minn.	1939	1870

Kerrville8	Kerrville, Texas	1943	1943

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

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.


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

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.


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:
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:


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.

Reviewed/Updated Date: April 17, 2007