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Mound City National Cemetery
Location: Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois, USA Coordinates: 37°5′8″N 89°9′47″W / 37.08556°N 89.16306°WCoordinates: 37°5′8″N 89°9′47″W / 37.08556°N 89.16306°W 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.
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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
- ^ >NRIS Database[dead link], National Register of Historic Places, retrieved January 22, 2007.
External links
Municipalities and communities of Pulaski County, Illinois Cities Villages Karnak | New Grand Chain | Olmsted | Pulaski | Ullin
Precincts America | Grand Chain | Karnak | Mound City | Mounds | Olmsted | Perks | Pulaski | Ullin | Villa Ridge | Wetaug
Unincorporated
communitiesAmerica | Levings | North Mounds | Perks | Pryortown | Spencer Heights | Villa Ridge | Wetaug
Ghost town Tacaogane
Categories:- NRHP articles with dead external links
- Illinois stubs
- Cemeteries in Illinois
- United States military memorials and cemeteries
- Illinois in the American Civil War
- National Register of Historic Places in Pulaski County, Illinois
- Protected areas of Pulaski County, Illinois
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