White Flint Bill
Sergeant
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2017
- Location
- Southern Virginia
After the siege of Yorktown in 1862, the town became the site of a Union garrison and hospital for the remainder of the war. During the war the Federals began burying their dead between the first and second American/French siege lines from the 1781 Battle of Yorktown. Now the area is a small national cemetery, holding the remains of 2,183 Union soldiers, most of whom are unidentified.
Here is list of those who identities are known.
During my visit I took photos of a couple of representative markers, but for some reason neglected to get a picture of the cemetery itself.
Many of the graves hold 2 or 3 bodies.