Philadelphia National Cemetery
| Philadelphia National Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1862 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°03′31″N 75°09′18″W / 40.05861°N 75.15500°W |
| Type | National Cemetery |
| Owned by | United States Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Size | 13.3 acres (54,000 m2) |
| No. of graves | 13,202 |
| Website | Philadelphia National Cemetery |
| Find a Grave | Philadelphia National Cemetery |
Philadelphia National Cemetery | |
| Location | Jct. of Haines St. and Limekiln Rd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°03′31″N 75°09′18″W / 40.05861°N 75.15500°W |
| MPS | Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000775 |
| Added to NRHP | July 24, 1997 |
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Philadelphia National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1862 as nine leased lots in seven private cemeteries in the Philadelphia region. The current location was established in 1881, and the remains of soldiers were reinterred from the various leased lots. It is administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and managed from offices at Washington Crossing National Cemetery. It is 13 acres in size and contains 13,202 burials.
The cemetery contains monuments commemorating the reinterment of soldiers from the Battle of Germantown and the Mexican–American War. A Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument was dedicated in 1912 to honor the reinterment of 184 Confederate prisoners of war who died in Philadelphia area hospitals and camps during the American Civil War.
The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.