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The Grafton National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia, the first national military cemetery in West Virginia

The Grafton National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia, the first national military cemetery in West Virginia

The Grafton National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia, the first national military cemetery in West Virginia

The Grafton National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia, the first national military cemetery in West Virginia

The Grafton National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia, the first national military cemetery in West Virginia

The Grafton National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia, the first national military cemetery in West Virginia

The Grafton National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia, the first national military cemetery in West Virginia

The Grafton National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia, the first national military cemetery in West Virginia

Richmond, Virginia. Graves of Confederate soldiers in Oakwood Cemetery

The Grafton National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia, the first national military cemetery in West Virginia

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The initial Union Army casualty of the Civil War fell in Grafton on May 22, 1861, when Thornberry Bailey Brown, was killed by a Confederate soldier. Brown is buried in the Grafton National Cemetery.

Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:055).

Forms part of: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

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01/01/2015
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Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
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West Grafton ,  39.33704, -80.02536
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