New Bern National Cemetery

New Bern National Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	1711 National Ave., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates
Area	7.7 acres (3.1 ha)
Built	1867 (1867)
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman
MPS	Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP Reference #	97000023
Added to NRHP	January 31, 1997

New Bern National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of New Bern, in Craven County, North Carolina. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 7.7 acres (3.1 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 7,517 interments. It is currently closed to new interments.

History

First established on February 1, 1867, New Bern National Cemetery was initially used to reinter remains from the numerous battlefield cemeteries around the area, including nearly 1,000 unknown soldiers and the remains of Union soldiers who died at the Battle of New Bern.

New Bern National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notable monuments

• The 9th New Jersey Infantry Monument, a granite monument erected in 1905
• The Massachusetts Civil War Monument, a granite monument erected in 1908
• The 15th Connecticut Infantry Monument, erected in 1908
• The Rhode Island Civil War Monument, a granite monument with a bronze statue on it, dedicated in 1908

Notable interments

• David Heaton (1823–1870), attorney, politician, and US Representative

External links

• National Cemetery Administration
• New Bern National Cemetery
• Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. NC-1, "New Bern National Cemetery, 1711 National Avenue, New Bern, Craven, NC"
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Bern National Cemetery
• New Bern National Cemetery at Find a Grave