GENERAL INFORMATION
The private and community cemeteries that contain NCA soldiers' and government lots, and Confederate cemeteries, do not always have staffed offices on site. When administrative information for the larger cemetery is available, it is provided below.
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Phone: (717) 843-8006
This soldiers' lot is overseen by Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Please contact the national cemetery for more information.
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HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The local Reformed Church of York, Pennsylvania, chartered Prospect Hill Cemetery in 1849. The first burial in the cemetery took place two years later. Soon after, burials in other local cemeteries began to be re-interred in Prospect Hill, including the remains of Phillip Livingston, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Many prominent local citizens have come to rest in Prospect Hill, and today there are more than 90,000 interments in the 327-acre cemetery.
Prospect Hill Soldiers' Lot is located in section A, lot 689, of the parent cemetery. The exact date of the establishment of the soldiers' lot is unknown, but records indicate that the first burials occurred as early as 1862, and were most likely soldiers who died at the local hospital. Originally located on the west slope of Prospect Hill, the soldiers' lot was later moved to a more favorable location on the eastern slope. There are 161 known and two unknown graves in the soldiers' lot, all without headstones. Alternatively, the names are inscribed on two continuous circular curbs enclosing a central soldiers' monument, with breaks only for the path.
Monuments and Memorials
In the years following the Civil War, the citizens of York commissioned sculptor Martin Milmore to create a monument for the soldiers' lot. A local firm, Brashears & Son, provided the stone base. Erected in 1874, the 15-foot bronze figure of a soldier honors Union troops who died in the York area. The sculpture stands atop a square granite base surrounded by four cannons.
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NOTABLE PERSONS
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FLORAL/GROUNDS POLICY
Decorations limited to two per grave. Arbors, basket hooks, tripods, rustic or iron work, architectural items, wires, stakes and furniture are prohibited. Vases made of wood, iron, brick, cement, terra cotta, glass, ceramic, and/or any other easily broken materials are not permitted. No pots or containers are to be buried or embedded in the ground or lawn. Fencing, coping, curbing, walls, or any other item that obstructs the movement of mowers or other cemetery equipment is prohibited.
All floral remembrances must be in an easy to trim vase container.
Decorations shall not be hung from, nor attached to Mausoleum Crypt and/or Columbarium Niches.
The cemetery will not be responsible nor liable for any decoration, container, or other lost, stolen, broken, or misplaced item.
Planting of any flowers, shrubs, trees, or any living item in the cemetery is strictly forbidden.
The removal of any flowers, shrubs, trees, or any other living item from the cemetery, or any picking flowers, trimming or breaking of shrubs, plants or trees is prohibited.
Wilted, faded or unsightly flowers or decorations will be removed from lost throughout the year.
Spring Cleanup: March 1-14. All decorations will be removed from all lots.
Summer Cleanup: July 5 - 15. Flags, holiday decorations and wilted flowers will
be removed from all lots.
Fall Cleanup: November 1 - 14. All decorations will be removed from all lots.
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