Loudon Park National Cemetery

Loudon Park National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. It encompasses convert|5.2|acre|m2, and as of the end of 2005, had 7,138 interments. It is currently closed to new interments, and is maintained by the Baltimore National Cemetery.

History

Loudon Park National Cemetery was originally established as a plot within the Loudon Park Cemetery. It was one of the 14 original National Cemeteries established under the National Cemetery Act in July 17, 1862. Most of the original interments were from area veteran hospitals. During the American Civil War, Fort McHenry was a prisoner of war camp, and the prisoners who died while incarcerated there were interred at Loudon Park National Cemetery.

Land acquisitions in 1874, 1875, 1882, 1883 and lastly in 1903, brought the cemetery to its current size.

Loudon Park National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Notable monuments

*The Maryland Sons Monument, a three-foot-tall terra cotta frieze with a bas relief sculpture. Dedicated in 1885.
*Rigby Monument, a marble monument erected in 1891 dedicated to Captain James H. Rigby and the 1st Maryland Light Artillery.
*The Unknown Dead Monument, a marble sculpture, dedicated in 1895.
*The Maryland Naval Monument, dedicated in 1896.
*The Confederate Monument, erected in 1912, marking the burial place of Confederate prisoners of war.

Notable interments

*Private Henry G. Costin, Medal of Honor recipient for action during World War I.
*Private James T. Jennings, Medal of Honor recipient for action during the American Civil War.
*First Sergeant Henry Newman, Medal of Honor recipient for action in Arizona Territory during the Indian Wars.
*First Sergeant Wilhelm O. Philipsen, Medal of Honor recipient for action in Colorado Territory during the Indian Wars.
*Charles Reginald Schirm, US Congressman.
*Hans Schuler, sculptor.
*Henry Stockbridge Jr., US Congressman.
*Sergeant William Taylor, two time Medal of Honor recipient for action during the Civil War.
*Frank Charles Wachter, US Congressman.

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/loudonpark.asp Loudon Park National Cemetery]