Staunton National Cemetery Explained

Staunton National Cemetery
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:October 18, 1995[1]
Designated Other1 Number:132-0019
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:901 Richmond Ave., Staunton, Virginia
Coordinates:38.1403°N -79.0494°W
Architect:Meigs, Montgomery C.
Architecture:Second Empire
Added:February 26, 1996
Refnum:96000034

Staunton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the Shenandoah Valley, in Staunton, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses just over a single acre, and as of the end of 2005 had 994 interments. It is closed to new interments, and is maintained by the Culpeper National Cemetery.

History

Designated a National Cemetery in September 1868, the original interments comprised the remains of Union soldiers removed from Staunton's Thornrose Cemetery, several local battlefields, and nearby towns and counties. Many were soldiers who died during the American Civil War at the Battle of Cross Keys, Battle of Port Republic, and the Battle of Piedmont. More than 500 of these soldiers were reinterred as unknowns.[2]

Staunton 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. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Evans House . Therese T. Sammartino. September 1995. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  3. https://www.newsleader.com/story/lifestyles/history/2014/03/14/staunton-cemetery-an-outgrowth-of-the-civil-war/6430719/ News Leader