SALISBURY NATIONAL CEMETERY
History:
The cemetery is where the Confederate prisoner camp was located during the Civil War. The first people who where buried there were the Union soldiers that died in the camp. The Cemetery is 65 acres. As of 2012 it had 6500 interments. Salisbury national ceamatary was esabilashed around the mass burial of thousands of Union troops who died while being held as prisoners of war at Salisbury prison. The prison was designed to hold 2,500 people, but by the end of 1864 it had more than 10,000 prisoners. Disease and starvaction began to claim lives. The dead were gathered and placed in trench graves located in a cornfield west of the prison. Union forces burn down the prison in 1865.
Attractions:
The government decided to build a 50 foot statue to honor the solders who died at the prison. There are other statues that honor the dead soldiers.
The cemetery is where the Confederate prisoner camp was located during the Civil War. The first people who where buried there were the Union soldiers that died in the camp. The Cemetery is 65 acres. As of 2012 it had 6500 interments. Salisbury national ceamatary was esabilashed around the mass burial of thousands of Union troops who died while being held as prisoners of war at Salisbury prison. The prison was designed to hold 2,500 people, but by the end of 1864 it had more than 10,000 prisoners. Disease and starvaction began to claim lives. The dead were gathered and placed in trench graves located in a cornfield west of the prison. Union forces burn down the prison in 1865.
Attractions:
The government decided to build a 50 foot statue to honor the solders who died at the prison. There are other statues that honor the dead soldiers.
Address:
202 Government Rd Salisbury, NC
Office Hours:
Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m to 4:30p.m
open: daily from dawn to dusk.
Phone number 704-636-2661
Rowan County convention & visitors bureau offers a driving tour of the cematary available on Audio CD.
202 Government Rd Salisbury, NC
Office Hours:
Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m to 4:30p.m
open: daily from dawn to dusk.
Phone number 704-636-2661
Rowan County convention & visitors bureau offers a driving tour of the cematary available on Audio CD.
