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'''Grafton National Cemetery''' is a [[United States National Cemetery]] located in [[Grafton, West Virginia]]. It encompasses a total of {{convert|3.2|acre}}. Along with [[West Virginia National Cemetery]], it is one of two [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]] national cemeteries in West Virginia, both of which are located in Grafton.<ref name="about" /> The first interments took place in 1867 for casualties of the | '''Grafton National Cemetery''' is a [[United States National Cemetery]] located in [[Grafton, West Virginia]]. It encompasses a total of {{convert|3.2|acre}}. Along with [[West Virginia National Cemetery]], it is one of two [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]] national cemeteries in West Virginia, both of which are located in Grafton.<ref name="about" /> The first interments took place in 1867 for casualties of the American Civil War in West Virginia. | ||
The Grafton cemetery is closed to most new interments due to inadequate space. Interments are made at nearby [[West Virginia National Cemetery]] since it was dedicated in 1987. | The Grafton cemetery is closed to most new interments due to inadequate space. Interments are made at nearby [[West Virginia National Cemetery]] since it was dedicated in 1987. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
In 1867, the [[United States Department of War]] directed Major R. C. Bates to find a location where the remains of [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] soldiers who had died in West Virginia during the | In 1867, the [[United States Department of War]] directed Major R. C. Bates to find a location where the remains of [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] soldiers who had died in West Virginia during the American Civil War could be properly re-interred.<ref name=grafton>{{cite web |url=http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/grafton.asp |title=Grafton National Cemetery |publisher=United States Department of Veterans Affairs |accessdate=October 13, 2010}}</ref> (Initially part of the [[Commonwealth of Virginia]] at the start of the American Civil War and, as a result, a part of the [[Confederate States of America]] due to Virginia's secession from the United States prior to the start of that war, West Virginia subsequently became part of the Union after it seceded from Virginia and the CSA, and formed a new state in 1863.) | ||
Bates found a site adjacent to the town of Grafton's Maple Avenue Cemetery, where many soldiers had already been buried. The terrain was also relatively level, unusual for the mountainous region. The [[39th United States Congress|39th Congress]] appropriated a {{convert|3|acre}} site that same year.<ref name=grafton/> The cemetery was dedicated in 1868 by [[Arthur I. Boreman]], the first [[Governor of West Virginia]]. Boreman was key in the two-year campaign for a cemetery in the state.<ref name=nom>{{cite web |url=https://wvculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Grafton-national-cemetery.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Place Inventory – Nomination Form |work=National Register of Historic Place |publisher=United States Department of the Interior |accessdate=October 13, 2010}}</ref> | Bates found a site adjacent to the town of Grafton's Maple Avenue Cemetery, where many soldiers had already been buried. The terrain was also relatively level, unusual for the mountainous region. The [[39th United States Congress|39th Congress]] appropriated a {{convert|3|acre}} site that same year.<ref name=grafton/> The cemetery was dedicated in 1868 by [[Arthur I. Boreman]], the first [[Governor of West Virginia]]. Boreman was key in the two-year campaign for a cemetery in the state.<ref name=nom>{{cite web |url=https://wvculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Grafton-national-cemetery.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Place Inventory – Nomination Form |work=National Register of Historic Place |publisher=United States Department of the Interior |accessdate=October 13, 2010}}</ref> | ||