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The Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery in Portland, Oregon , United States , contains burials of American Civil War veterans. Fourteen Union Civil War veterans, members of the Grand Army of the Republic, formed the Grand Army Cemetery Association and purchased the cemetery in 1882. The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War took over the management and administration of the cemetery at that time. Ownership of the cemetery eventually passed to the State of Oregon in 1961 then to Multnomah County, Oregon in 1971. In 1996 ownership was granted to Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces. The oldest marker is dated October 15 1889 . Salmon Brown, son of John Brown (of the song "John Brown's Body") is buried here. Other notables buried in the cemetery include Hartwell B. Compson , who received the Congressional Medal Of Honor for heroism in the Civil War, and Union Civil War army nurse Mary A. Hartman. REFERENCES |
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