Wilmington National Cemetery

Another Waymarker blog entry, this time on the Wilmington National Cemetery at 2011 Market Street in Wilmington, NC.

It was opened in 1867 and the first internments were from bodies removed from the Wilmington City Cemetery, Fort Fisher, and Fort Johnston, Nearly two-thirds of the first internments were for unknown soldiers from Civil Way battles.

Almost 6200 are buried here and it is now close to future internments.