Fort Lyon National Cemetery, Los Animas, Bent County Colorado
15700 County Road HH
Las Animas, CO 81054
Phone: (303) 761-0117
FAX: (303) 781-9378
Named for the first Union General to die in the Civil War,
Nathaniel Lyon, the cemetery was established the first time in 1887, but the
fort was abandoned in 1897 and the remains buried in the cemetery were
transferred to Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Nebraska. In 1906 the Fort
buildings were converted into a sanitarium to treat soldiers and prisoners of
war with tuberculosis, and burials began in 1907. The cemetery was transferred
to the National Cemetery system in 1973.
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