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Initially the Confederates buried prisoners of war who died while held at Salisbury Prison, near the complex. A report by Confederate General [[T.W. Hall]] stated that 10,321 prisoners arrived between October 5, 1864 and February 17, 1865. 2,918 reportedly died at the hospital, and a total of 3,479 were buried.<ref name=Monument/> Many of the dead were buried in eighteen {{convert|240|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} trench graves without coffins in a former [[Maize|corn field]], so it is unknown exactly how many prisoners were buried there.<ref name=history/> 11,700 has been the generally accepted number and is inscribed on the 1875 monument to the unknown soldier erected at the site. Since the late 20th century, research has shown that the number of interments in the mass graves is instead close to 3800.<ref name=Monument/><ref name = nrhpinv>{{Cite web | author =Therese T. Sammartino| title =Salisbury National Cemetery | work = National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory | date =February 1999| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/RW1029.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | access-date = 2015-02-01}}</ref> | Initially the Confederates buried prisoners of war who died while held at Salisbury Prison, near the complex. A report by Confederate General [[T.W. Hall]] stated that 10,321 prisoners arrived between October 5, 1864 and February 17, 1865. 2,918 reportedly died at the hospital, and a total of 3,479 were buried.<ref name=Monument/> Many of the dead were buried in eighteen {{convert|240|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} trench graves without coffins in a former [[Maize|corn field]], so it is unknown exactly how many prisoners were buried there.<ref name=history/> 11,700 has been the generally accepted number and is inscribed on the 1875 monument to the unknown soldier erected at the site. Since the late 20th century, research has shown that the number of interments in the mass graves is instead close to 3800.<ref name=Monument/><ref name = nrhpinv>{{Cite web | author =Therese T. Sammartino| title =Salisbury National Cemetery | work = National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory | date =February 1999| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/RW1029.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | access-date = 2015-02-01}}</ref> | ||
The fence which Stoneman had built around the mass graves was later replaced with a stone wall. After the | The fence which Stoneman had built around the mass graves was later replaced with a stone wall. After the American Civil War, the cemetery was officially designated as a National Cemetery for Union burials. Remains of Union troops from other cemeteries around the area were transferred to it.<ref name=history/> Later the national cemeteries accepted dead veterans from all wars. | ||
==20th century to present== | ==20th century to present== | ||