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St. Augustine National Cemetery

This cemetery contains at least 33 Union troops and veterans, including Union sailors who died while on duty at Egmont Key and whose remains were relocated here in 1909 as part of the nationwide effort to consolidate military burials.

The ...

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Barrancas National Cemetery

In 1868, the U.S. Navy Yard Cemetery at the Marine Hospital was transferred to the War Department and designated Barrancas National Cemetery.

Sections 1 thru 12 of the cemetery contain the remains of 1,239 Union Civil War casualties, as well ...

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Arlington National Cemetery

During the Civil War the U.S. Army confiscated Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Arlington House and property initially for the defense of Washington, D.C. The massive casualties from nearby battlefields in Virginia overwhelmed Washington hospitals and cemeteries with dead soldiers. ...

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National Historic Landmark - Ball's Bluff Battlefield & National Cemetery

In October 1861, to quiet his critics, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan ordered Union troops stationed along the Potomac between Edwards Ferry and Harper's Ferry to make "a slight demonstration" and draw out the Confederate force based in Leesburg. The ...

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National Historic Landmark - Grove Street Cemetery

Grove Street Cemetery

Has Been Designated A

National Historic Landmark

This Site Possesses National Significance

In Commemorating the History of The

United States of America

Known as the New Haven Burial Ground, this landmark represents a milestone in the development of a cemetery as a distinct ...

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San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery

This cemetery is dedicated to the memory of all the patriotic men and women who answered their country’s call to service. Their inspiring contribution will help preserve in the hearts and lives of all Americans the spirit of patriotism, the ...

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Wood National Cemetery Civil War Memorial

 

In memory of

comrades buried

in this home cemetery

1861 - 1865

The Union Forever

N.W.B.N.H. for D.V.S.

Jan. 1903

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Wood National Cemetery Memorial Section

 

"The markers in this memorial area

honor veterans whose remains

have not been recovered or

identified, were buried at sea,

donated to science, or cremated

and the ashes scattered."

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Stones River National Cemetery

Established June 23, 1865

Union dead from this battlefield and Middle Tennessee are buried here. Of the more than 6,100 Union burials, 2,562 are known but to God. Men and women who gave their lives in other wars or who have ...

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Danville (Illinois) National Cemetery

War Memorial

In memory of the men who offered their lives in defense of their Country.

Marker can be reached from Blue Star Highway south of Main Street (Route 136).

Courtesy hmdb.org

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