Cemeteries in Fort Stanton, New Mexico

Private Cemeteries in Fort Stanton, New Mexico often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in Fort Stanton, New Mexico are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in Fort Stanton, New Mexico are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

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Our database contains records of burials from 3 cemeteries.

During World War II, Fort Stanton was used as a detention center for German and Japanese Americans arrested as "enemy aliens," and 411 German nationals taken from the luxury liner Columbus in 1939 (officially recorded as "distressed seamen paroled from the German Embassy" since the U.S. was still technically neutral at ...

Established in 1855, Fort Stanton may be one of the most intact 19th-century military forts in the country and is the best-preserved fort in New Mexico.

In 1896, with the Mescalero Apache settled on the nearby reservation and the surrounding area bustling with new communities, the Fort was abandoned by the Army and closed.

These four locations represent areas of the state with large, underserved veteran populations who live too far from the two national veterans cemeteries in the state: The Santa Fe National Cemetery in northern New Mexico, and Fort Bayard National Cemetery in the southwestern part of the state.

Fort Stanton is located just off the Billy the Kid Scenic Byway (Hwy 380) on Hwy 220 at the Bonito River. The turnoff to Hwy 220 is 4 miles southeast of Capitan on the Byway or 10 miles west of Lincoln, NM.

Established on August 21, 1866, the fort was one of several built to protect settlers on the frontier, and specifically the mining camps in this area. Soldiers with Company B of the 125th U.S. Colored Infantry, men sometimes referred to as Buffalo Soldiers, first garrisoned the post.

Lincoln was at the center of the Lincoln County War, 1876-1879, and is primarily known today for its historical ties to Billy the Kid. The village holds an annual festival called Old Lincoln Days in August featuring an open-air enactment of The Last Escape of Billy the Kid.