Jefferson City National Cemetery

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Jefferson City National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Jefferson City, in Cole County, Missouri. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses, and as of the end of 2005, had 1,792 interments. It is administered by Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.HistoryThe first interments took place in Jefferson City National Cemetery in 1861, and were American Civil War soldiers who died in the skirmishes that took place in the region. Though, the area did not see any wide-scale combat, it was officially designated a National Cemetery in 1867.Jefferson City National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 1998.Noteworthy monumentsThe 39th Regiment Monument of Centralia, Missouri, erected circa 1968 to commemorate those members of the Missouri Volunteer Infantry who died at the hands of William T. Anderson's bushwhacker forces in the Centralia Massacre (Missouri).