New Bern National Cemetery in New Bern, North Carolina

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Get directions 1711 National Avenue
New Bern, North Carolina 28560 United States

Coordinates: 35.12484, -77.05242
www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/newbern.asp
(252) 637-2912
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New Bern National Cemetery was established in February 1867 for the re-interment of remains from various battleground cemeteries. As of 2005 it had over 7500 interments, including 1000 unknown soldiers and remains of Union soldiers who died in the Battle of New Bern (March 1862). Administered by the US Dept of Veterans Affairs, it comprises 7.7 acres.

Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

Visitation Hours: Open daily from sunrise to sunset.

Monuments and Memorials
The granite New Jersey Monument was erected by that state in 1905. It is dedicated to the memory of the 9th New Jersey Regiment Volunteer Infantry.

The Massachusetts Monument is a granite memorial erected by the commonwealth in 1908 in memory of Massachusetts's soldiers and sailors who died in North Carolina during the Civil War.

The Connecticut Monument was erected by that state in 1908. The memorial was dedicated to the memory of Connecticut men who died of yellow fever during the Civil War, as well as those who fell in action by 1865.

The Rhode Island Monument is composed of a granite base topped by a bronze figure. Dedicated Oct. 6, 1909, it was donated by the state of Rhode Island in honor of its volunteers who died in North Carolina during the Civil War. The monument was designed and sculpted by William W. Manatt of Providence, R.I.