Salisbury National Cemetery | |
.jpg) Unknown Dead Monument with the Maine Monument in the background. | |
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| Location | 202 Government Rd., Salisbury, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°39′40″N 80°28′26″W / 35.66111°N 80.47389°W |
| Built | 1863 |
| Architectural style | Dutch Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000393[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 12, 1999 |
| American Civil War cemeteries |
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Salisbury National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Salisbury, in Rowan County, North Carolina. It was established at the site of burials of Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War while held at a Confederate prisoner of war camp at the site.
Now administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 65 acres (26 ha), 15 acres (6.1 ha) in the original location and 50 acres (20 ha) at an annex.[2] More than 30 acres were added to the annex in 2020 as a result of a donation by the YMCA.[3]
As of 2012 the cemetery had 6500 interments (in 6000 standard graves, many of which also hold a spouse), plus an estimated 3,800 in 18 mass graves at the original location. There are 5000 interments, in 4500 graves, in the new location.[3] As of 2020 a total of 26,000 veterans and family members were buried in both locations.[3]
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