William Henry Christman

William Henry Christman was a private in the United States Army who was the first soldier buried at Arlington National Cemetery during the U.S. Civil War. Christman was a laborer from Pocono Lake, Pennsylvania. He joined Company G of the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment on March 25, 1864. On May 1, he was hospitalized with the measles at Lincoln General Hospital. Private Christman died on May 11, 1864 of peritonitis and was buried two days later on May 13, 1864. He was the first Union soldier to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on May 13, 1864. His remains rest in Arlington National Cemetery's Section 27, grave 19.