Glendale National Cemetery Explained

Glendale National Cemetery
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:October 18, 1995[1]
Designated Other1 Number:043-0753
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Nearest City:Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates:37.4361°N -77.2344°W
Built:1866
Architect:Meigs, Montgomery C.
Architecture:Second Empire
Added:February 26, 1996
Refnum:96000026

Glendale National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the city of Richmond, in Henrico County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses, and as of the end of 2005 had 2,064 interments. It is closed to new interments.

History

Glendale National Cemetery was established on May 7, 1866, and named after a farmstead that was on the property at the time. The original interments were the remains of Union soldiers who died at the Battle of Malvern Hill and other nearby American Civil War battlefields.

Glendale National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Notable interments

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.