Bath National Cemetery

Bath National Cemetery

Landscape of Bath National Cemetery
Details
Established	1879
Location	Bath, New York
Country	United States
Type	Public
Owned by	Department of Veterans Affairs
Size	28.9 acres (117,000 m2)
No. of graves	13,588
Website	http://www.cem.va.gov/CEMs/nchp/bath.asp

Coordinates: 42°20′55″N 77°21′04″W / 42.348728°N 77.351131°W / 42.348728; -77.351131

Bath National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the town of Bath, in Steuben County, New York. It encompasses 28.9 acres (117,000 m²), and as of the end of 2005, had 13,048 interments.

The area was originally part of the New York State Soldiers and Sailors Home, which was established in 1877; the cemetery was officially dedicated in on December 25, 1879. In 1930, it became part of the National Cemetery system.

In 1987, archaeologists digging in Fort Erie discovered the remains of 28 American soldiers who died at the time of the Niagara campaign during the War of 1812. They were reinterred in Bath National Cemetery.