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[[Portal:United States Military Records|United States Military Records]] | |||
Soldiers and veterans were often buried in private, public, church, national, and military post cemeteries. Others were buried on the battlefield or in prison or hospital cemeteries. The first national military cemeteries were created in 1862 during the Civil War. | Soldiers and veterans were often buried in private, public, church, national, and military post cemeteries. Others were buried on the battlefield or in prison or hospital cemeteries. The first national military cemeteries were created in 1862 during the Civil War. | ||
==== National Cemetery System ==== | ==== National Cemetery System ==== | ||
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This web site has administration news; national veterans cemetery addresses; information about burial, headstones, state veterans cemetery grant programs, and links to other sites for locating veterans; and military records. | This web site has administration news; national veterans cemetery addresses; information about burial, headstones, state veterans cemetery grant programs, and links to other sites for locating veterans; and military records. | ||
==== Other Source for Veteran Burials==== | ==== Other Source for Veteran Burials ==== | ||
*To find microfilm numbers of cemetery records in the Family History Library Catalog, look in the Place Search under: | *To find microfilm numbers of cemetery records in the Family History Library Catalog, look in the Place Search under: | ||