Arlington Cemetery- Photo by Amy Johnson Crow May 13, 2014, by Amy Johnson Crow on May 13, 2014 in Ancestry.com
May 13, marks the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery, one of the most revered places in the United States. When we think of Arlington, we often think of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and rows upon rows of the graves of our nation’s honored dead. Nestled in Section 27 is the grave of Pvt. William Henry Christman of the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry, the first soldier to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Christman enlisted on 25 March, 1884. Within a few...
May 13, marks the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery, one of the most revered places in the United States. When we think of Arlington, we often think of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and rows upon rows of the graves of our nation’s honored dead. Nestled in Section 27 is the grave of Pvt. William Henry Christman of the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry, the first soldier to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Christman enlisted on 25 March, 1884. Within a few...
short weeks, he became ill and died of peritonitis in the Lincoln General Hospital in Washington, DC. Here is his record in the Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865.
