National Register of Historic Places

Staunton National Cemetery

Staunton (Independent City), Staunton County, Virginia
Listed
February 26, 1996
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
96000034

About this property

Staunton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the Shenandoah Valley, in Staunton, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses just over a single acre, and as of the end of 2005 had 994 interments. It is closed to new interments, and is maintained by the Culpeper National Cemetery. Designated a National Cemetery in September 1868, the original interments comprised the remains of Union soldiers removed from Staunton's Thornrose Cemetery, several local battlefields, and nearby towns and counties. Many were soldiers who died during the American Civil War at the Battle of Cross Keys, Battle of Port Republic, and the Battle of Piedmont. More than 500 of these soldiers were reinterred as unknowns. Staunton National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Captain Nicolae Dunca (1837–1862), a Union officer on the staff of Gen. John C. Fremont and a Romanian by birth, who was killed while carrying a dispatch during the Battle of Cross Keys. Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. VA-20, "2036/ Staunton National Cemetery, 901 Richmond Avenue, Staunton, Staunton, VA", 22 photos, 2 photo caption pages U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Staunton National Cemetery

Location

901 Richmond Ave.
Staunton (Independent City), Staunton County, Virginia
38.14050, -79.04964

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Staunton National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1996.

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