Cemetery Facts
George Butler is the oldest marked grave, burial date of August 1, 1838. He was stationed on Old Ironsides, “USS Constitution”
794 US and Canadian service members
16 foreign service members (Confederate, Great Britain, France, Russia, Spain, German)
Dead buried fought in the War Between North and South, Spanish-American War, as well as both sides of the Great War
Only Naval Hospital Commanding Officer buried here is Lewis Willis Minor, M.D., who succumbed to Yellow Fever in 1872
Still an active cemetery as one retired Navy Medical Corps Officer still remains who will be buried with his father upon passing