Finn's Point National Cemetery - Pennsville, NJ - Veteran Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

Two notable sites I marveled at were the Confederate and Union monuments. One (Confederate) is an 85 foot all granite obelisk, erected in 1910 by the federal monument in memory of the 2, 436 Confederate prisoners of war who died at Fort Delaware. Their names are inscribed on the monument. I looked at the rows of similar grave stones and it is hard to make out any names. Wind, rain and the elements have eroded memories of civil strife and those who died as a result.

The Union monument was dedicated in 1879 to 135 Union soldiers who died while on duty at Fort Delaware. Soldiers from both sides of the war seem to be buried on separate sides. There is also a stone monument on which is written Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

The black, wrought iron entrance gates, the stone wall which surrounds the cemetery and everything else you can find or see all reinforce the solemnity of this site.

Finns Point National Cemetery
Ft. Mott Road
Salem, NJ 08079
Phone: (609) 877-5460 or 880-0827
FAX: (609) 871-4691

Date cemetery was established: Finn’s Point was official declared a national cemetery Oct. 3, 1875 Visiting hours: Open daily from 8:00 a.m. to sunset Website pertaining to the cemetery: [Web Link]

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