Mound City National Cemetery

Mound City National Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates:	37°5′8″N 89°9′47″W / 37.08556°N 89.16306°W / 37.08556; -89.16306Coordinates: 37°5′8″N 89°9′47″W / 37.08556°N 89.16306°W / 37.08556; -89.16306
Area:	National Cemetery
Built:	1864
Governing body:	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
MPS:	MPL020 - Civil War Era National Cemeteries
NRHP Reference#:	97001174
Added to NRHP:	October 8, 1997[1]

Mound City National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near Mound City, in Pulaski County, Illinois. It encompasses 10.5 acres (42,000 m²), 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.

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. After it was officially declared a National Cemetery in 1864, several nearby battlefield cemeteries arranged to have 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

References

1. ^ >NRIS Database^{[dead link]}, National Register of Historic Places, retrieved January 22, 2007.

External links

• National Cemetery Administration
• Mound City National Cemetery