Santa Fe National Cemetery: Difference between revisions

== History ==

1912, the government moved remains here from several abandoned forts which had small post cemeteries including [[Fort Apache (military post)|Apache]] and [[Fort Grant, Arizona|Grant]] in Arizona, Hatch and [[Fort Wingate|Wingate]] in New Mexico, and Duchesne in Utah among many other smaller posts. In 1953, the government acquired an additional 25 acres, bringing the cemetery to 34 acres.<ref>https://www.cem.va.gov/pdf/InterpretiveSigns/SantaFeNationalCemetery.pdf#:~:text=property%20was%20designated%20Santa%20Fe%20National%20Cemetery%20on,the%20government%20moved%20remains%20here%20from%20abandoned%20forts {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> On  

June 23, 1987, the remains of 31 Confederate soldiers of the Texas Mounted Volunteers who were killed or died as a result of wounds during the Battle of Glorieta Pass were discovered in a mass grave on the battlefield. Three were identified and 28 who could not be identified were reburied in Section K together.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/santafe.asp|title = Santa Fe National Cemetery - National Cemetery Administration}}</ref> In 2007 the remains of sixty-four federal soldiers and civilians discovered by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation at the site of [[Fort Craig]] were relocated to here.<ref>{{cite news |title=Feds Quietly Dig Up 67 Civil War Graves |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-quietly-dig-up-67-civil-war-graves/ |access-date=3 Sep 2018 |agency=CBS News |date=9 April 2008}}</ref> In 2017 the Veterans Administration was unsuccessful in purchasing six acres of land adjacent to the cemetery and current estimates are that the site will be at capacity before 2030.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/29/200-acres-sought-for-new-veterans-cemetery/|title = 200 acres sought for new veterans' cemetery|website = [[The Washington Times]]}}</ref>

== Notable interments ==

{{main category|Burials at Santa Fe National Cemetery}}

** First Lieutenant [[Alexander Bonnyman Jr.]], for action at the [[Battle of Tarawa]] during World War II

** Watertender [[Edward A. Clary]], for peace time service on board [[USS Hopkins (DD-6)|USS  

''Hopkins'']]

** Private [[Edwin L. Elwood]], for action in Arizona Territory during the [[Indian Wars]]

** Corporal [[Jacob Guenther]], for action in Arizona Territory during the [[Indian Wars]]

** Second Lieutenant [[Raymond G. Murphy]] USMC, for action in [[Korea]] on February 3, 1953

** Captain [[George Nicholas Bascom]], Union officer killed in the [[Battle of Val Verde]] in 1862

** Governor [[Charles Bent]], first American governor of [[New Mexico Territory]]

** [[John Crosby (conductor)|John O. Crosby]], musician, conductor and arts administrator, U.S. Army Veteran

** [[Tony Hillerman]], novelist and journalist

** [[Van Dorn Hooker]], University architect for the [[University of New Mexico]]

** [[James B. Jones]], [[Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico|lieutenant governor of New Mexico]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115125701/obituary-for-james-b-jones/ |title=Services Set For J.B. Jones on Wednesday|agency=United Press|page=1|work=Santa Fe New Mexican|via=Newspapers.com |date=1947-08-11 |accessdate=2022-12-26}}</ref>

** [[Jack P. Juhan]], Marine Corps Major General

** [[Oliver La Farge]], 1930 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winning author of the novel ''Laughing Boy'', Army Major during [[World War II]]

** [[James P. Riseley]], Marine Corps Lieutenant General

** [[William G. Ritch]], acting Governor of the New Mexico Territory, member of the [[Wisconsin State Senate]]