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Hampton National Cemetery

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Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival

VLR #
  
114-0148

Area
  
11 ha

Added to NRHP
  
26 February 1996

NRHP Reference #
  
96000038

Designated VLR
  
October 18, 1995

Phone
  
+1 757-723-7104

Hampton National Cemetery

Location
  
Jct. of Cemetery Rd. and Marshall Ave., Hampton, Virginia

MPS
  
Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS

Address
  
Cemetery Rd at Marshall Ave, Hampton, VA 23669, United States

Similar
  
Staunton National Cemetery, Richmond National Cemetery, City Point National Cemetery, Cold Harbor National, Winchester National Cemetery

Hampton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Hampton, Virginia. It encompasses 27.1 acres (11.0 ha), and as of 2014, had over 30,000 interments. There are two separate parts to this facility. The original cemetery is called the “Hampton Section” and is located on Cemetery Road in Hampton, VA. It is on the western side of I-64. The new section which is called the “Phoebus Addition” or the “Phoebus Section” West County Street in Hampton, VA east of I-64. It is less than a mile from the original cemetery. Both sections of the Hampton National Cemetery are closed to new interments.

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History

The first burials took place in the cemetery in 1862, and were primarily Union soldiers who died in service or at the hospital at Fort Monroe. It became a National Cemetery in 1866. While primarily for Union soldiers, it also has the interments of 272 Confederate soldiers in their own section.

Hampton National Cemetery has the interred remains of World War II prisoners of war, 55 German and 5 Italian. It also has the remains of 28 sailors from the German submarine U-85, which was sunk by USS Roper off Cape Hatteras in 1942. A British sailor from the same war is buried here.

Hampton National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1996.

Notable monuments

  • The Union Soldiers Monument, a 65' tall granite obelisk.
  • Notable interments

  • Medal of Honor recipients
  • Landsman Michael Cassidy (1837-1908), for action at the Battle of Mobile Bay, during the Civil War. Phoebus, Section B, Grave 9503.
  • Ordinary Seaman John Davis (1854–1903), for peacetime service aboard USS Trenton in 1881.
  • Coal Heaver James R. Garrison (1838-1908), for action at the Battle of Mobile Bay, during the Civil War. Phoebus, Section B, Grave 9523.
  • Sergeant Alfred B. Hilton (1842–1864), for action at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm, during the Civil War. Hampton, Section E, Grave 1231.
  • Ordinary Seaman Edward Maddin (1852–1925), for peacetime gallantry aboard the USS Franklin
  • First Sergeant Harry J. Mandy (1840–1904), for action at Front Royal, Virginia during the Civil War. Phoebus, Section C, Grave 8709.
  • First Lieutenant Ruppert L. Sargent (1938–1967), for action during the Vietnam War. Hampton Section F-I, Grave 7596.
  • Private Charles Veale (1838–1872), for action at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm, during the Civil War. Hampton, Section F, Grave 5097.
  • Coxswain David Warren, for action during the Civil War aboard USS Monticello. Phoebus, Section C, Grave 7972.
  • Other notable interments
  • Private Daniel A. Bean (1846–1864), first Union soldier from Brownfield, Maine to die in the Civil War.
  • Peter Weckbecker (1864–1935), Major League Baseball catcher
  • References

    Hampton National Cemetery Wikipedia


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