Springfield National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Springfield, in Greene County, Missouri. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 18.1 acre, and as of the end of 2005, had 14,685 interments.

History

Established in 1867 as a place to initially inter Civil War Union soldiers, many of whom died at the Battle of Wilson's Creek. In 1871 a section for Confederate soldiers was added. It has since been expanded and opened to all veterans, and now has the interred remains of soldiers from wars dating back to the Revolutionary War. The cemetery lends its name to National Avenue in Springfield, which formerly passed by the cemetery prior to the southern expansion of the city decades ago.

Notable monuments

Notable interments