NRHP Reference # 97000775 Phone +1 215-504-5610 | Area 5 ha Added to NRHP 24 July 1997 | |
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Location Jct. of Haines St. and Limekiln Rd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MPS Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS Address Limekiln Pike, Philadelphia, PA 19138, USA Burials Galusha Pennypacker, Christian Frederick Post, William Paul Roberts, Alphonse Girandy | ||
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Philadelphia National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, north of Germantown. It is administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and managed by the National Cemetery Administration from offices at Washington Crossing National Cemetery.
Contents
The cemetery contains an American Revolutionary War Monument honoring reinterred Continental soldiers from the Battle of Germantown, a Mexican-American War Monument honoring 38 reinterred veterans, and a Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument (1911) honoring 184 prisoners of war who died in Philadelphia area hospitals or camps during the American Civil War.
History
It was established in 1862 for deceased from nearby Civil War hospitals, and as 1 of the original 14 National Cemeteries. The cemetery was increased to 13 acres (5.3 ha) in 1885 to reinter soldiers from numerous small plots throughout the region. A federal superintendent had been appointed by 1869 for the "number of burials in seven incorporated cemeteries near the city of Philadelphia." As of September 30, 2008, Philadelphia National Cemetery had 13,202 interments. This number is not expected to change significantly as the cemetery is closed for new interments, except for those in reserved plots and in plots opened by disinterments.
Notable interments
Notable interments include: