Danville National Cemetery

The National Cemeteries in the U.S.A. are used for graves of war dead, graves of U.S. military personnel, veterans and their spouses but not exclusively so. There are also special state veteran cemeteries.

Danville National Cemetery in Virginia was opened in 1866 for Union soldiers who died as prisoners-of-war. In 2005, there were in total 2,282 graves on this cemetery.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: USVA