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National Cemetery Administration

 

Dates of Establishment: National Cemeteries & NCA Burial Sites (5 of 6)

Although the U.S. Army maintained cemetery records in the nineteenth century, it can be challenging to determine dates of establishment along with first and oldest burials. At some locations, the earliest date of the death substantially predates the year the cemetery was established — often this is due to the relocation of remains from other cemeteries when the Army closed military installations. The date a national cemetery was established may correspond to earliest date of death (military or civilian), when the government legally acquired the land, or when a government official authorized or designated the grounds as a national cemetery. In locations where there was room in private cemeteries, the military may have buried its dead in plots designated as soldiers' lots, regardless of service branches interred.

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5. Other NCA Burial Sites

The federal government began burying deceased military and civilian personnel decades before the Civil War. In some instances, post cemeteries were established at Army and Navy installations. In other locales, the military may have used a section in a private cemetery. This practice continued through the Civil War and into the mid-twentieth century.

Name Location Est.
Congressional Cemetery Government Lots Washington, DC 1808
Remark for Congressional: Lots here came under Army control; in 1973 they were transferred to VA.
Fort Winnebago Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Portage, WI 1835
Remark for Fort Winnebago: Originally served Fort Winnebago Military Reservation; first interments were made in 1835.
Benicia Arsenal Post Cemetery Benicia, CA 1849
Remark for Benicia Arsenal: 1 of 11 cemeteries transferred from the Army to NCA in 2019–2020 per Exec. Order No. 13781, 2017.
Albany Rural Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Albany, NY 1862
Remark for Albany Rural: Donated in perpetuity to U.S. government by the Albany Cemetery Association "for the burial of soldiers who have fallen in the Civil War."
Forest Hill Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Madison, WI 1862
Fort Douglas Post Cemetery Salt Lake City, UT 1862
Remark for Fort Douglas: 1 of 11 cemeteries transferred from the Army to NCA in 2019–2020 per Exec. Order No. 13781, 2017.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Augusta, ME 1862
Remark for Mount Pleasant: Contains the graves of Union soldiers who died nearby during the Civil War.
Forest Home Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Milwaukee, WI ca. 1863
Remark for Forest Home: Exact date of establishment cannot be determined but was used during the Civil War for burials.
Prospect Hill Cemetery Soldiers' Lot York, PA ca. 1863
Remark for Prospect Hill: Exact date of establishment cannot be determined but was used during the Civil War for burials.
Woodland Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Cleveland, OH 1863
Mound City Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Mound City, KS 1864
Mount Moriah Naval Plot Philadelphia, PA 1864
Remark for Mount Moriah: Established by the U.S. Navy, the plot was used for burials from the U.S. Naval Home and the Philadelphia Naval Yard; it was transferred to VA in 1977.
Ashland Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Carlisle, PA 1865
Green Mount Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Montpelier, VT 1865
Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Davenport, IA 1866
Remark for Oakdale: Contains the graves of Union soldiers who died nearby during the Civil War.
Mound Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Racine, WI 1868
Remark for Mound: Contains the graves of Union soldiers who died nearby during the Civil War.
Prospect Hill Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Brattleboro, VT 1868
Remark for Prospect Hill: Contains the graves of Union soldiers who died nearby during the Civil War.
Baxter Springs Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Baxter Springs, KS 1869
Remark for Baxter Springs: Obtained for the reinterment of Union soldiers who died in the Quantrill Massacre in 1863.
Mound City Soldiers' Lot (Woodland Cemetery) Mound City, KS 1874
Remark for Mound City: Contains the graves of Union soldiers who died nearby during the Civil War; a granite monument was erected in 1889.
Allegheny Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Pittsburgh, PA 1875
Fort Missoula Post Cemetery Missoula, MT 1878
Remark for Fort Missoula: 1 of 11 cemeteries transferred from the Army to NCA in 2019–2020 per Exec. Order No. 13781, 2017.
Mount Moriah Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Philadelphia, PA 1878
Remark for Mount Moriah: Contains the graves of both Union soldiers and Confederate POWs who died nearby during the Civil War.
Lakeside Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Port Huron, MI 1881
Remark for Lakeside: Remains from old Fort Gratiot moved here in October 1881.
Forest Lawn Omaha, NE 1887
Remark for Forest Lawn: Land set aside ca. 1868 by the Cemetery Association without written agreement for the burial of U.S. soldiers; federal government commenced using the lot ca. 1887.
Fort Lawton Post Cemetery Seattle, WA ca. 1900
Remark for Fort Lawton: 1 of 11 cemeteries transferred from the Army to NCA in 2019–2020 per Exec. Order No. 13781, 2017.
Fort Worden Post Cemetery Port Townsend, WA ca. 1902
Remark for Fort Worden: 1 of 11 cemeteries transferred from the Army to NCA in 2019–2020 per Exec. Order No. 13781, 2017.
Fort Crawford Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Prairie du Chien, WI 1904
Remark for Fort Crawford: Originally served Old Fort Crawford Military Reservation; first interments were made in 1829. The cemetery was in private ownership from 1857 to 1904 when purchased back by the federal government.
Fort McClellan Post Cemetery Anniston, AL ca. 1917
Remark for Fort McClellan: 1 of 11 cemeteries transferred from the Army to NCA in 2019–2020 per Exec. Order No. 13781, 2017.
Woodlawn Cemetery Soldiers' Lot Ayer, MA 1918
Remark for Woodlawn: The federal government purchased land in this private cemetery (Section 1: lots 193, 203, 206, 211) in 1918 as a Fort Devens soldiers' lot. Most of the 52 interments of influenza; the last interment was 1931. It is near the current Fort Devens Post Cemetery.
Fort Devens Post Cemetery Devens, MA 1939
Remark for Fort Devens: 1 of 11 cemeteries transferred from the Army to NCA in 2019–2020 per Exec. Order No. 13781, 2017.
Evergreen Soldiers' Lot Southgate, KY 1950
Remark for Evergreen: From 1892, served as a post cemetery for Fort Thomas until it was deactivated in 1947.
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