Larger Map/Directions GPS Coordinates: 44.27606,-69.69843Togus National Cemetery
VA Medical and Regional Office Center
Togus, ME 04330
Phone: (508) 563-7113
FAX: (508)564-9946
Togus National Cemetery is located in Kennebec County, in the town of Chelsea, Maine, on the grounds of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center.
The name Togus comes from the Native American name Worromontogus, which means mineral water. The Togus property was originally a summer resort called Togus Springs. It was owned and operated by Horace Beals, a wealthy granite merchant from Rockland, Maine, who hoped to establish a racing and resort community like Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He invested over $250,000 in a hotel, stables, bowling alley, farmhouse, bathhouse, driveways and racetrack. The untimely resort opened in 1859 but failed to generate business due to the Civil War. The resort, known locally as "Beals' Folly," closed in 1863. Beals died shortly after his business failed and the government obtained the property for $50,000. The spot was selected because of its isolation from large cities, well-known spring and bargain price tag.
In 1865, as the Civil War was drawing to a close, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act establishing the National Asylum (later changed to Home) for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The Eastern Branch at Togus was the first of these facilities to open, in November 1866.
Togus National Cemetery is divided into a West Cemetery and an East Cemetery, with a total of 31 acres. The older West Cemetery was established in 1865 and moved to its present location west of the home about 1867; it closed for interments in 1936. To continue providing burial space, the East Cemetery was established in 1936 and closed for interments in 1961.
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Soldiers buried here with photographs: - Ainsworth, Martin V. B.
- Alcott, James W.
- Atchinson, Bliss A.
- Backum, John C.
- Badger, Willard
- Bailey, Walter
- Baldwin, Absalom
- Bannister, William
- Beede, David
- Bemis, Stearnes
- Benson, George S.
- Blakesley, Horace
- Bliss, Thomas B.
- Bona, Napoleon
- Braley, John
- Brassaw, John
- Brock, Andrew
- Burnham, George H.
- Burns, Angus C.
- Byrnes, Thomas
- Carpenter, George
- Cass, Laton Martin
- Chase, George C.
- Childs, Royal S.
- Clarey, Thomas
- Clark, Asaph
- Clark, Henry
- Cleveland, Charles J.
- Cobb, Henry
- Colby, David H.
- Collins, Edward
- Cosgriff, Thomas V.
- Cowan, Robert H.
- Cronan, William
- Crosby, Henry
- Crosby, Henry H.
- Daniels, Joseph
- Davis, Alonzo B.
- Dow, John C.
- Dragon, Francis
- Duvall, Carlos
- Eddy, John P.
- Elliott, William H.
- Ellison, Lowell
- Fifield, Stephen G.
- Fitch, Eugene
- Forrest, Jacob
- Fraser, James
- George, Edward C.
- Gilpatrick, John S.
- Glynn, James
- Goodell, Henry S.
- Goss, Osmond H.
- Gouchchoe, Francis E.
- Greeley, Stephen H.
- Green, Stephen
- Greenwood, Joseph A.
- Gregg, Chauncey S.
- Hackett, William
- Haines, Samuel
- Hammond, Winfield S.
- Heald, William H.
- Hesselton, William W.
- Hetherston, Martin C.
- Himes, Sylvester E.
- Hoisington, Byron O.
- Hooper, Charles H.
- Horton, Rollin Timothy
- Howard, Albert
- Hutchins, Lyman
- Johnson, Charles A.
- Kearns, Matthew
- Kingston, George C.
- Leed, Gilbert
- Liddell, William
- Little, Anthony
- Lombar, Moses
- Lovely, Frank
- Mack, Daniel
- Maloney, Thomas
- Marion, Edmond
- Martin, John C.
- Martin, William H.
- McCoy, Andrew
- McDonall, Michael
- Moore, Willard H.
- Mullett, Daniel Alphonzo
- Murray, Moses
- Nelson, John C.
- Nourse, Nelson L.
- O'Connell, James
- O'Donnell, Cornelius
- Oakes, Orice
- Pettengill, Charles A.
- Pettingill, James W.
- Phillips, Reuben S.
- Polson, Miles E.
- Powers, Samuel C.
- Powers, Seth
- Prescott, Cyrus
- Raymond, William H.
- Reedy, Maurice
- Rice, Lucius E.
- Richardson, Thomas
- Robar, Henry
- Rogers, Edward R.
- Schmidt, Gottlieb
- Sherwood, Homer
- Sherwood, Seth
- Slack, Eli W.
- Smith, Almon S.
- Smith, Willard G.
- Stanley, Moses N.
- Stebbins, Charles H.
- Stevens, Monroe
- Stoddard, Grove L.
- Stone, William Frederick
- Story, Francis
- Strong, Paschal Paoli E.
- Sweet, Albert A.
- Swift, Charles P.
- Thomas, George S.
- Thompson, Charles E.
- Todd, William H.
- Vayo, Louis E.
- Walbridge, Daniel A.
- Whitcomb, Asahel S.
- Whitney, Albert H.
- Wood, Chester N.
- Woods, Lyndon B.
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