a burial ground forUnioncasualties in the Battle of Gettysburg. The cemetery was later extended to hold the remains of American soldiers in the Spanish American War, World War 1, and other conflicts. It was also opened for the burials of not just military personnel, but their spouses and chi...
Nearly a year passed before reburials ceased in Soldiers National Cemetery. The 3,654 men interred there are a fraction of the 51,000 casualties. Some men lie in Evergreen Cemetery. Others were fetched home to their family graveyards. Confederate soldiers waited to be moved until 1872, when ...
Calvin Hamilton, the Superintendent of the National Cemetery, wrote to the Quartermaster Department in Washington recording that “The remains were put into two boxes by the U.S. Battlefield Commission, whose workmen found them, and brought to this cemetery for reinterment.” However, he noted ...