This cache is not in the cemetery, but at the gatekeeper's lodge.
It is placed with permission. Out of respect, please only visit during daylight hours.
Danville National Cemetery was established in 1866. Besides four soldiers of the Sixth Army Corps, all original interments were Union POWs who died in prison, mainly by disease. Many were buried in mass graves and later re-buried with individual markers.
721 Lee St
Learn more from the Department of Veterans Affairs at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/danvilleva.asp and from the National Park Service at https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/virginia/danville_va_national_cemetery.html