City Point National Cemetery facts for kids

City Point National Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Army of the James Monument
Location in Virginia Show map of Virginia Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	Jct. of 10th Ave. and Davis St., Hopewell, Virginia
Area	7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built	1866
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP reference No.	95000923
Quick facts for kids Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 10, 1995

City Point National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the community of City Point within the city of Hopewell, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 6.7 acres (2.7 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 6,909 interments. It is managed by Hampton National Cemetery.

History

During the Civil War, the area around City Point was a Union supply depot, established by General Ulysses S. Grant. Its proximity to the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia made it an ideal staging place. The cemetery was established to reinter soldiers who were buried in the seven nearby hospital cemeteries and those from makeshift battlefield plots throughout the area.

City Point National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Notable monuments

• The Army of the James Monument, a 20' high white marble monument erected in 1865.