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National Cemetery - General view.

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Title	National Cemetery - General view.
Subject	National Cemetery, Cemeteries, Graves
Description	The cemetery borders the Carolina Heights area, an early Wilmington suburb. The rear of a residence appears on the right side of the photograph. The old caretakers' lodge with the mansard roof is to the left (looking northwest). Burials were first made in this cemetery, located on Market Street at North Twentieth Street, in February, 1867. It contains the remains of those Union soldiers who were originally buried at Fort Fisher, Smithville (Southport), along the Cape Fear River and at points along the Wilmington & Manchester and Wilmington & Weldon Railroads, including about one thousand unknown soldiers. There are many African-American Union soldiers buried here.
Source	Louis T. Moore Collection 032