NRHP Reference # 96000026 Designated VLR October 18, 1995 Phone +1 804-795-2031 Added to NRHP 26 February 1996 | Architectural style Second Empire VLR # 043-0753 Area 3 ha Year built 1866 Architect Montgomery C. Meigs | |
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MPS Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS Address 8301 Willis Church Rd, Henrico, VA 23231, USA Similar Seven Pines National, Washingt Memorial Park, Oakwood Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, US Veterans Affairs De | ||
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 2.1 acres (0.85 ha), and as of the end of 2005 had 2,064 interments. It is closed to new interments.
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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
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