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Named for the first [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General to die in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], [[Nathaniel Lyon]], the cemetery was established as part of [[Fort Lyon]] the first time in 1887. The fort was abandoned in 1897 and the remains buried in the cemetery were transferred to [[Fort McPherson National Cemetery]] in [[Nebraska]]. In 1906 the fort buildings were converted into a sanitarium to treat soldiers and prisoners of war with [[tuberculosis]], and burials began in 1907. The cemetery was transferred to the National Cemetery system in 1973 to be managed by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]].  It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2017.