Notable burials · Military
American Civil War veterans buried in District of Columbia
Wikidata records 78 Civil War veterans as buried in 7 of the cemeteries we list in District of Columbia. Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington holds the most, with 37. District of Columbia has the 10th highest count of any state, out of 2,411 nationally.
People recorded as having taken part in the American Civil War, or as having served in the Union or Confederate army.
78
Civil War veterans
7
cemeteries
6%
of notable burials in District of Columbia
1880s
the decade with the most deaths (23)
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In order of death
American Civil War veterans buried in District of Columbia
- Joseph B. Smith1826-1862American navy officerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Jesse L. Reno1823-1862United States Army generalOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Julius Peter Garesché1821-1862Union Army officerMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Harris1793-1864Commandant of the United States Marine CorpsOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Gilbert Totten1788-1864United States Army general and engineerCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry Wirz1823-1865Swiss-born Confederate officer in the American Civil WarMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- French Forrest1796-1866United States and Confederate Navy officerCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles Griffin1825-1867Union general in the American Civil WarOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Stretch Abert1836-1867American military officerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles Stewart McCauley1793-1869American commodoreOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Napoleon B. Harrison1823-1870United States Navy officerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Scott Ketchum1813-1871American generalRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John B. Montgomery1794-1873United States Navy admiralOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Michael Walsh Cluskey1832-1873Confederate Army officer and politicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry W. Barry1840-1875American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Lorenzo Thomas1804-1875American politician and army officerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles Frederick Henningsen1815-1877Confederate Army soldierCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Louis M. Goldsborough1805-1877United States Navy admiralCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frederick Aiken1832-1878American lawyer, journalist, and soldierOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Campbell Dallas Emory1839-1878Emory, Campbell D; class of 1861Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert C. Buchanan1811-1878Union army generalRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William H. French1815-1881Union army generalRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Gerhardt1817-1881Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army in the American Civil WarProspect Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Rodgers1812-1882American admiral and botanical collectorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Fabius Stanly1815-1882United States admiralOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William W. Wood1818-1882United States Navy engineerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Croxall Palmer1811-1883American Navy surgeon generalOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Gould Stephenson1828-1883Librarian of CongressCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Andrew A. Humphreys1810-1883Union Army GeneralCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph K. Barnes1817-1883Surgeon General of the United States Army,Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Gustavus Fox1821-1883American naval officerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William H. Hunt1823-1884American judge, politician and civil servant from LouisianaOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry Washington Benham1813-1884Union Army GeneralCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Horace Capron1804-1885American businessman, agriculturalist, and Union Army officerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Seth Ledyard Phelps1824-1885United States Navy officerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Albin Francisco Schoepf1822-1886Union Army generalCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John A. Logan1826-1886American soldier and politicianUnited States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William M. Dunn1814-1887U.S. Representative from IndianaOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William H. Emory1811-1887Union Army generalCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert N. Scott1838-18871838-1887; served in the U.S. Union ArmyOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Marcus Reno1834-1889Union Army generalThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Thomas H. Patterson1820-1889United States Navy rear admiralCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John L. Davis1825-1889American admiralRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry Jackson Hunt1819-1889Chief of Artillery in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil WarUnited States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Cadmus M. Wilcox1824-1890Confederate Army generalOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert E. Clary1805-1890Brigadier general in the United States Army during the American Civil WarOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Radford1808-1890United States Navy Rear AdmiralOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Samuel P. Carter1819-1891Union Army generalOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Van. H. Manning1839-1892American politicianThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Jesse Johnson Yeates1829-1892American politicianThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Benjamin Brice1809-1892United States Army OfficerUnited States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Peter V. Hagner1815-1893Union Army officerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Samuel S. Carroll1832-1893Union Army general Union General during the American Civil WarOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edward D. Townsend1817-1893United States Army generalRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John C. Kelton1828-1893Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1889 to 1892United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Marshall McDonald1835-1895American engineer, professor, geologist, mineralogist, pisciculturist, and fisheries scientistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Lewis E. Parsons1817-1895American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alfred Pleasonton1824-1897Union Army generalCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- George William Coffin1845-1899American Navy officerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Alexander Williamson1829-1902United States Army generalRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- David S. Stanley1828-1902United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army generalUnited States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Bullock Clark Jr.1831-1903Confederate Army general and politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Samuel Spencer1847-1906Confederate Army soldier, railroad executiveOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Birney1819-1907Union Army general and lawyerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Johnson1842-1907American soldier, born 1842Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frank Crawford Armstrong1835-1909United States Army officer and Confederate Army generalRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- George E. Harris1827-1911American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Grier1818-1911Irish-American Navy surgeon generalOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Hubert Dilger1836-1911United States Army Medal of Honor recipientRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William E. Gaines1844-1912American politicianThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry L. Howison1837-1914American naval officerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles Henry Tompkins1830-1915Union Army General, Medal of Honor recipientOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frederick Rodgers1842-1917United States admiralRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edward Douglass White Jr.1845-1921Chief justice of the United States from 1910 to 1921Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Seaton Schroeder1849-1922United States Navy Rear AdmiralCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William W. Chamberlaine1836-1923American railroad executive, businessman, and Confederate army officerThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James R. Young1847-1924Union United States Army soldierThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edward Welsh1843-1929Union Army Medal of Honor recipientMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1860s10
- 1870s11
- 1880s23
- 1890s15
- 1900s7
- 1910s7
- 1920s5
By recorded year of death, for the 78 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Washington, DC37
- Rock Creek Cemetery · Washington, DC14
- Congressional Cemetery · Washington, DC13
- The Glenwood Cemetery · Washington, DC6
- United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery · Washington, DC5
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Washington, DC4
- Prospect Hill Cemetery · Washington, DC1
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Other notable burials in District of Columbia
United States representatives176Writers and poets126Journalists78Painters, sculptors and photographers70Scientists44United States senators43Governors34Physicians32Inventors and engineers29Mexican-American War veterans28Business leaders26Medal of Honor recipients22Actors20War of 1812 veterans20Architects17World War II veterans16
Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.