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Architectural style
  
Bungalow/craftsman

Area
  
3 ha

Year built
  
1867

Burials
  
David Heaton

NRHP Reference #
  
97000023

Phone
  
+1 252-637-2912

Added to NRHP
  
31 January 1997

New Bern National Cemetery

Location
  
1711 National Ave., New Bern, North Carolina

MPS
  
Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS

Address
  
1711 National Ave, New Bern, NC 28560, USA

Similar
  
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Greenleaf Memorial Park, New Bern Memorial Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, New Bern City Hall

Wreath laying at the new bern national cemetery


New Bern National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of New Bern, in Craven County, North Carolina. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 7.7 acres (3.1 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 7,517 interments. It is currently closed to new interments.

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History

First established on February 1, 1867, New Bern National Cemetery was initially used to reinter remains from the numerous battlefield cemeteries around the area, including nearly 1,000 unknown soldiers and the remains of Union soldiers who died at the Battle of New Bern.

New Bern National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notable monuments

  • The 9th New Jersey Infantry Monument, a granite monument erected in 1905
  • The Massachusetts Civil War Monument, a granite monument erected in 1908
  • The 15th Connecticut Infantry Monument, erected in 1908
  • The Rhode Island Civil War Monument, a granite monument with a bronze statue on it, dedicated in 1908
  • Notable interments

  • David Heaton (1823–1870), attorney, politician, and US Representative
  • References

    New Bern National Cemetery Wikipedia