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Show First Interment at . Arlington in 1864 Arlington National cemetery was Instituted In-stituted by an act of congress for the Interment of United States soldiers and sailors who have fallen In battle, or all men and women who have died In the regular or volunteer military or naval service of the United States, after having been mustered out or honorably discharged. The presentation presenta-tion of the commission warrant, letter of . appointment, certlQcate of discharge dis-charge or pension certificate, provided there were no dishonorable charges connected therewith, are sufficient evidence evi-dence for Interment , . . The cemetery Is the largest of Interment In-terment places for our soldiers snd sailors. The first Interment was made at Arlington on May 13, ,1864. when the body of a Confederate soldier was burled t"re at Abraham Lincoln's request |