Alexandria National Cemetery (Louisiana)

Alexandria National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Pineville, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It occupies approximately convert|8|acre|m2, and is site to 10,164 interments as of the end of 2005.

History

In 1867, an eight acre plot was appropriated from local resident to establish the Alexandria National Cemetery. It was originally intended as a place to bury Union soldiers who died in the area during the Civil War, but later, remains from Mount Pleasant, Cheneyville, Yellow Bayou, and Fort Brown, Texas, were re-interred in Alexandria.

Alexandria National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notable burials

*There are fifty-seven Buffalo Soldiers interred at the Alexandria National Cemetery.
*Former U.S. Representative Gillis William Long
*Former Alexandria Mayor John K. Snyder is buried in the front row on the left side of the entrance road.
*Major Jacob Brown, for whom Fort Brown, Texas, was named.

See also

*United States Department of Veterans Affairs
*United States National Cemetery

External links

* [http://www.cem.va.gov/ National Cemetery Administration]
* [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/alexandriala.asp Alexandria National Cemetery in Louisiana]