Chester Rural Cemetery

Chester Rural Cemetery, located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania near the city of Chester, was founded in March 1863. Civil War soldiers, both Union and Confederate, who died at the government hospital across the street, were some of the first burials. Many of the soldier's graves were moved to Philadelphia National Cemetery in Philadelphia in 1891. * Civil War Memorial by Martin Milmore * "Sorrow" (1912), a memorial to Alfred O. Deshong, by Samuel Murray

Chester Rural Cemetery

Chester Rural Cemetery, located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania near the city of Chester, was founded in March 1863. Civil War soldiers, both Union and Confederate, who died at the government hospital across the street, were some of the first burials. Many of the soldier's graves were moved to Philadelphia National Cemetery in Philadelphia in 1891. * Civil War Memorial by Martin Milmore * "Sorrow" (1912), a memorial to Alfred O. Deshong, by Samuel Murray