National Cemetery.

The old caretakers' lodge with the mansard roof is to the left (looking northwest). Burials were first made in this cemetery, located on Market Street at North Twentieth Street, in February, 1867. It contains the remains of those Union soldiers who were originally buried at Fort Fisher, Smithville (Southport), along the Cape Fear River and at points along the Wilmington & Manchester and Wilmington & Weldon Railroads, including about one thousand unknown soldiers. There are many African-American Union soldiers buried here. (Also see #32)

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