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 == History ==
-The land around Winchester National Cemetery was used for burials as early as 1862, but after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] additional land was appropriated by the federal government and it was officially dedicated on April 8, 1866. The land was not legally transferred to the U.S. government until Dec. 1, 1870, when the landowner, Jacob Baker, was paid $1,500 for the {{convert|4.89|acre|adj=on}} tract and the deed was signed and executed.<ref name=VAnom>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Winchester/138-0035_Winchester_National_Cemetery_1996_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Winchester National Cemetery |author=Therese T. Sammartino|date=October 1995|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Winchester/WinchesterNatCemetery_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo'']</ref>
+The land around Winchester National Cemetery was used for burials as early as 1862, but after the Civil War additional land was appropriated by the federal government and it was officially dedicated on April 8, 1866. The land was not legally transferred to the U.S. government until Dec. 1, 1870, when the landowner, Jacob Baker, was paid $1,500 for the {{convert|4.89|acre|adj=on}} tract and the deed was signed and executed.<ref name=VAnom>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Winchester/138-0035_Winchester_National_Cemetery_1996_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Winchester National Cemetery |author=Therese T. Sammartino|date=October 1995|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Winchester/WinchesterNatCemetery_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo'']</ref>
 Numerous Union soldiers from surrounding battlefields were reinterred here, including those from the different battles of Winchester, the [[Battle of Front Royal]], [[Battle of New Market]], [[Battle of Harpers Ferry]], as well as actions at [[Snickers Gap]], [[Martinsburg, West Virginia]], and [[Romney, West Virginia]].