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{{Short description|Historic veterans cemetery in Staunton, Virginia }}
{{Infobox nrhp
| name                           = Staunton National Cemetery
| nrhp_type                      =
| designated_other1              = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1_date         = October 18, 1995<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|access-date=19 March 2013}}</ref>
| designated_other1_number       = 132-0019
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image                          = Staunton VA National Cemetery Sept 2013.JPG
| caption                        =
| location                       = 901 Richmond Ave., [[Staunton, Virginia]]
| coordinates                    = {{coord|38|08|25|N|79|02|58|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin                       = Virginia#USA
| architect                      = Meigs, Montgomery C.
| architecture                   = Second Empire
| added                          = February 26, 1996
| area                           = {{convert|1.2|acre}}
| mpsub                          = {{NRHP url|id=64500016|title=Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS}}
| refnum                         = 96000034<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
}}
'''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]].

==History==
Designated a National Cemetery in September 1868, the original interments comprised 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.<ref name=VAnom>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Staunton/132-0019_Staunton_National_Cemetery_1996_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Evans House |author=Therese T. Sammartino|date=September 1995|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Staunton/132-0019_StauntonNationalCemetery_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo'']</ref>

Staunton National Cemetery was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1996.<ref name="nris"/>

==Notable interments==
* Captain [[Nicolae Dunca]] (1837–1862),<ref>[https://www.newsleader.com/story/lifestyles/history/2014/03/14/staunton-cemetery-an-outgrowth-of-the-civil-war/6430719/ ''News Leader'']</ref> a Union officer on the staff of Gen. [[John C. Fremont]] and a Romanian by birth, who was killed while carrying a dispatch during the [[Battle of Cross Keys]].

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.cem.va.gov/ National Cemetery Administration]
* [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/staunton.asp Staunton National Cemetery]
* {{HALS |survey=VA-20 |id=va 2036 |title=Staunton National Cemetery, 901 Richmond Avenue, Staunton, Staunton, VA |photos=22 |color= |dwgs= |data= |cap=2}}
* {{GNIS|type=retired|1479673}}
* {{Find a Grave cemetery}}

{{Protected Areas of Virginia}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}

[[Category:Second Empire architecture in Virginia]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Staunton, Virginia]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Augusta County, Virginia]]
[[Category:United States national cemeteries]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Staunton, Virginia]]
[[Category:Staunton, Virginia]]
[[Category:Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia]]
[[Category:Historic American Landscapes Survey in Virginia]]