Architectural style Colonial Revival VLR # 108-0057 Area 2 ha Year built 1866 | NRHP Reference # 95000274 Designated VLR January 15, 1995 Phone +1 704-636-2661 Added to NRHP 7 April 1995 | |
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Location 721 Lee St., Danville, Virginia MPS Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS Address 721 Lee St, Danville, VA 24541, USA Similar Green Hill Cemetery, Leemont Cemetery, Danville Museum of Fine Arts, Danville Regional Airport, Danville Station | ||
Danville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Danville, near Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 3.5 acres (1.4 ha), and as of the end of 2005, it had 2,282 interments. It is managed by Salisbury National Cemetery.
History
Danville National Cemetery was established just after the American Civil War in December 1866 on a plot of 2.6 acres (1.1 ha). Almost all of the original interments were Union prisoners of war that were held in the city of Danville in tobacco warehouses converted into Confederate prisoner of war camps. Most of the bodies of these American soldiers were initially buried in poorly marked, mass graves, but were later exhumed and buried with individual markers. Soldiers from Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Wisconsin are some of the states represented. The cemetery is open to visitors throughout the year.
Danville National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.