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'''Winchester National Cemetery''' is a [[United States National Cemetery]] located in the city of [[Winchester, Virginia|Winchester]] in [[Frederick County, Virginia]]. Administered by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]], it encompasses {{convert|4.9|acre}}, and as of the end of 2005, it had 5,561 interments. It is closed to new interments. | '''Winchester National Cemetery''' is a [[United States National Cemetery]] located in the city of [[Winchester, Virginia|Winchester]] in [[Frederick County, Virginia]]. Administered by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]], it encompasses {{convert|4.9|acre}}, and as of the end of 2005, it had 5,561 interments. It is closed to new interments. | ||
The cemetery was used for burials of | The cemetery was used for burials of Union soldiers. The [[Stonewall Confederate Cemetery]] was for Confederate soldiers.<ref>See: {{GNIS 2|2770161|Stonewall Confederate Cemetery}} {{coord|39|11|00|N|78|09|23|W}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The land around Winchester National Cemetery was used for burials as early as 1862, but after the | 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]]. | 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]]. | ||