Architectural style Second Empire VLR # 132-0019 Area 4,900 m² Added to NRHP 26 February 1996 | NRHP Reference # 96000034 Designated VLR October 18, 1995 Phone +1 540-825-0027 Architect Montgomery C. Meigs | |
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MPS Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS Address 901 Richmond Ave, Staunton, VA 24401, USA Similar Tabb Monument, Richmond National Cemetery, Nansemond National Wildlife R, Paul State Forest, Hickory Hollow Natural A | ||
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Staunton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the Shenandoah Valley, in Staunton, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses just over a single acre, and as of the end of 2005 had 994 interments. It is closed to new interments, and is maintained by the Culpeper National Cemetery.
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History
Designated a National Cemetery in September 1868, the original interments consisted of the remains of Union soldiers removed from Staunton's Thornrose Cemetery, several local battlefields, and nearby towns and counties. Many were soldiers who died during the American Civil War at the Battle of Cross Keys, Battle of Port Republic, and the Battle of Piedmont. More than 500 of these soldiers were reinterred as unknowns.
Staunton National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.