City Point National Cemetery

{{Short description|Historic veterans cemetery in Hopewell, Virginia}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = City Point National Cemetery

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = September 19, 1978{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|access-date=19 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=dead}}

| designated_other1_number = 116-0006

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = City Point National Cemetery, 10th Avenue & Davis Street (Hopewell city, Virginia).jpg

| caption = Army of the James Monument

| location = Jct. of 10th Ave. and Davis St., Hopewell, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|37|18|21|N|77|17|50|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = 1866

| architecture = Colonial Revival

| added = August 10, 1995

| area = {{convert|7|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500016|title=Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS}}

| refnum = 95000923{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

City Point National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the community of City Point within the city of Hopewell, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses {{convert|6.7|acre}}, and as of the end of 2005, had 6,909 interments. It is managed by Hampton National Cemetery.

History

During the Civil War, the area around City Point was a Union supply depot, established by General Ulysses S. Grant. Its proximity to the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia made it an ideal staging place. The cemetery was established to reinter soldiers who were buried in the seven nearby hospital cemeteries and those from makeshift battlefield plots throughout the area.

City Point National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Notable monuments

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