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'''Chester Rural Cemetery''' is a historic [[rural cemetery]] founded in March 1863 in [[Chester, Pennsylvania]]. Some of the first burials were | '''Chester Rural Cemetery''' is a historic [[rural cemetery]] founded in March 1863 in [[Chester, Pennsylvania]]. Some of the first burials were Civil War soldiers, both [[Union Army|Union]] and [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]], who died at the government hospital located at the nearby building which became the [[Crozer Theological Seminary]]. | ||
The cemetery is landscaped and had a large lake that was drained in the 1950s. It covers 36 acres and contains approximately 31,000 graves. Two monuments in the cemetery have been documented by the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System: the statue "Sorrow" by [[Samuel Murray (sculptor)|Samuel Murray]] atop the [[Alfred O. Deshong]] memorial, and the Civil War Memorial, by [[Martin Milmore]].<ref>[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1GI011395J733.31531&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!24859~!0&ri=7&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=44730002&index=.NW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=7 Sorrow] SIRIS, Control Number IAS 44730002, accessed October 31, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1GI011395J733.31531&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!315463~!2&ri=1&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+Pennsylvania+--+Chester&index=OBJEC&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1 Civil War Soldier] SIRIS, Control Number IAS PA000125, accessed October 31, 2011.</ref> | The cemetery is landscaped and had a large lake that was drained in the 1950s. It covers 36 acres and contains approximately 31,000 graves. Two monuments in the cemetery have been documented by the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System: the statue "Sorrow" by [[Samuel Murray (sculptor)|Samuel Murray]] atop the [[Alfred O. Deshong]] memorial, and the Civil War Memorial, by [[Martin Milmore]].<ref>[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1GI011395J733.31531&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!24859~!0&ri=7&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=44730002&index=.NW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=7 Sorrow] SIRIS, Control Number IAS 44730002, accessed October 31, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1GI011395J733.31531&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!315463~!2&ri=1&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+Pennsylvania+--+Chester&index=OBJEC&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1 Civil War Soldier] SIRIS, Control Number IAS PA000125, accessed October 31, 2011.</ref> | ||