Grafton National Cemetery
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Grafton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Grafton, in Taylor County, West Virginia. It encompasses 3.2 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 2,152 interments. It is closed to new interments.
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[edit] History
The site for Grafton National Cemetery was selected by Major R. C. Bates in 1867, as a place to inter the remains of Union soldiers. It was located next to Maple Avenue Cemetery where many American Civil War dead were already buried. Remains were brought to Grafton National Cemetery from surrounding counties for interment, nearly half which are unknown.
Grafton National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
[edit] Notable monuments
- The Brown monument, erected in 1903 in memory of Private Thornesberry Baily Brown, who was believed to have been the first Union casualty of the Civil War.
