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Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.)

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Corporate name headingSoldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.)
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Variant(s)Gettysburg. National Cemetery
National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.)
See alsoSuccessor: Gettysburg National Cemetery
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Beginning date1863
Ending date1872
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedGettysburg (Pa.)
Field of activityGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
Found inCraven, W. The sculptures at Gettysburg, 1982: CIP galley (Soldiers' National Cemetery, at Gettysburg, Pa.)
Lincoln and the human interest stories of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, ©1995: t.p. (Gettysburg National Cemetery)
Auwaerter, John E. Cultural landscape report for Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 2017: page 37 (Soldiers' National Cemetery, conceived as an extension of Evergreen Cemetery; designed by William Saunders; founded in 1863) page 83 (Soldiers' National Cemetery was transferred to federal ownership in 1872, and became part of the system of national cemeteries administered by the War Department; although referred to as the national cemetery, the name Gettysburg National Cemetery came into official usage)