MOUND CITY NATIONAL CEMETERY

'Mound City National Cemetery' is a United States National Cemetery located near Mound City, in Pulaski County, Illinois. It encompasses 10.5 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 8,098 interments. It is administered by Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. This cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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History

Notable monuments

See also

External links

History

During the American Civil War, Mound City had a large veteran hospital complex. The cemetery was used to inter both Union and Confederate soldiers who died while under care at the hospital. Officially declared a National Cemetery in 1864, several nearby battlefield cemeteries had their remains reinterred there.
Mound City National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notable monuments

★ The Illinois State Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a marble monument erected in 1874.

See also

★ Mound City Civil War Naval Hospital

★ United States Department of Veterans Affairs

★ United States National Cemetery

External links

★ National Cemetery Administration

★ Mound City National Cemetery