William Christman Private, United States Army |
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first soldier ever buried in Arlington National Cemetery, he died in a
Washington-area hospital while serving with Company G, 67th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry and was buried in Arlington on 13 May 1864, before the
"official" order establishing the cemetery was actually signed by the Secretary
of War (15 June 1864).
He lies in Section 27 in what was originally
the Lee Rose Garden near the Lee-Custis Mansion.
Photo by Michael Robert Patterson Updated: 10 November 2000 Page Updated: 12 May 2001 Updated: 22 February 2003 Updated: 8 November 2005 Updated: 12 February 2006 |
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