IL Cemetery Info

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ROCK ISLAND CONFEDERATE CEMETERY
National Cemetery Administration
U.S. Dept of Military Affairs

Confederate dead were buried by contract after removal to the "dead house." Frank Knox of Rock Island prepared bodies for burial and laid them in coffins made by his father Charles. Another man, J. de Harpart, hauled coffins to the cemetery and placed them into trenches he had prepared earlier. A headboard marked each grave.

https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/signs/Rock-Island-Confederate-Cemetery-IL-Interpretive-Sign.pdf

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Confederate Cemetery Resource Study

The majority of the National Cemetery Administration's (NCA) more than 131 national cemeteries and 33 soldiers' lots are historic, created during and shortly after the Civil War (1861-65). Although the federal government established national cemeteries to provide honorable burials for Union soldiers who died in the war, it was also responsible for burial sites that contained the remains of thousands of Confederate dead. Beginning in 2008, NCA contracted with a cultural-resource management firm to study nine Confederate cemeteries and nine national cemeteries that contain the largest number of Confederate interments. Most of these are associated with Union prisoner-of-war (POW) camps in the North.

https://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/pdf/Confederate_Cemetery_Study.pdf

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This is a small one outside Island #10 in northwest Tennessee. Drove by it with family to/from seeing the solar eclipse last year. The grand-kids wanted to know why there was a Confederate Flag flying there. We didn't stop there due to timing but I was able to talk a little about the battle as we waited for the eclipse to occur on the Mississippi River bank on a bend just north of where Island #10 was. I think the eclipse was either the day of or within a couple of days of the anniversary. This is one of those battlefields that has been lost to river and levees.

This post brought back memories. The Find A Grave link is below:

Cronanville Cemetery in Tiptonville, Tennessee - Find a Grave Cemetery

From the intersection of TN-22 & Church St./Lake Dr., in Tiptonville, travel North on TN-22 for 4.2 mi.; turning West (left) into the driveway leading...

www.findagrave.com

 

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A NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM

Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. This propelled the creation of a national cemetery system. On September 11, 1861, the War Department directed commanding officers to keep "accurate and permanent records of deceased soldiers." It also required the U.S. Army Quartermaster General, the office responsible for administering to the needs of troops in life and in death, to mark each grave with a headboard. A few months later, the department mandated interment of the dead in graves marked with numbered headboards, recorded in a register.

https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/signs/A-National-Cemetery-System-Interpretive-Sign.pdf

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This is a small one outside Island #10 in northwest Tennessee. Drove by it with family to/from seeing the solar eclipse last year. The grand-kids wanted to know why there was a Confederate Flag flying there. We didn't stop there due to timing but I was able to talk a little about the battle as we waited for the eclipse to occur on the Mississippi River bank on a bend just north of where Island #10 was. I think the eclipse was either the day of or within a couple of days of the anniversary. This is one of those battlefields that has been lost to river and levees.

This post brought back memories. The Find A Grave link is below:

Cronanville Cemetery in Tiptonville, Tennessee - Find a Grave Cemetery

From the intersection of TN-22 & Church St./Lake Dr., in Tiptonville, travel North on TN-22 for 4.2 mi.; turning West (left) into the driveway leading...

www.findagrave.com

The TIPTONs of Tiptonville are distant relatives of my wife, whose line includes many Tiptons.

 

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CONFEDERATE BURIALS IN THE NATIONAL CEMETERY

The Fort Delaware Prison

Burying the Dead
Initially, most prisoners who died at Fort Delaware were buried on the island, quickly flling up the fort cemetery. Pea Patch Island's high water table made it a particularly undesirable location for a permanent cemetery. The U.S. government owned land on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River at Finns Point near the Fort Mott military reservation; in 1863, a new cemetery was established here.

https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/signs/Finns-Point-National-Cemetery-NJ-Confederate-Burials-Interpretive-Sign.pdf

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University of Mississippi
eGrove
Research Files of Dr. John Neff
Center for Civil War Research
7-13-2010

Cemeteries: Confederate Cemeteries
John Neff
University of Mississippi

This Data Set is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Civil War Research at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Research Files of Dr. John Neff by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact [email protected].

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=neff_research

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Port Hudson National Cemetery

National Cemetery
In August 1866, Lt. A. Rayburn chose this site for Port Hudson National Cemetery. The 8-acre plot was already the final resting place of Union soldiers who died fighting at Port Hudson. The government paid $3,000 for the land. Among those buried here are 256 men who served in the United States Colored Troops (USCT). By 1875, Port Hudson National Cemetery contained 3,804 graves, most marked as unknowns. Remains from elsewhere in Louisiana, including Morganza village; the Carnes, Dunn's, Haynes, Slaughters, and Wilson's plantations; and Methodist College in West Baton Rouge Parish were reinterred here.

https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/signs/Port-Hudson-National-Cemetery-LA-Interpretive-Sign.pdf

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[Kathy the history sleuth]

Camp Randall in Madison WI had a large hospital. There is a Confederate Section in the Forest Home Section in Madison. I did a post on it.

WI - Forest Hill Cemetery Confederate Graves- Madison WI | Civil War Cemeteries: Where Valor Proudly Sleeps

I paid a visit to Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison recently. The Confederate Rest area has become the subject of some controversy. I photographed the Union and Confederate Sections of the Cemetery. Here is an article about recent happenings...

civilwartalk.com

 

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MEMPHIS NATIONAL CEMETERY

National Cemetery
The U.S. Army established Memphis National Cemetery in 1867. Remains from graves scattered along railroads in west Tennessee, and near the Mississippi River in Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee, were reburied here. By the 1870s, the remains of 13,932 Union soldiers lay in the cemetery—nearly 9,000 unknown. The 36-acre property was then enclosed by a brick wall. There are two Civil War memorials in the cemetery. Erected in 1916, the Minnesota Monument was designed by St. Paul sculptor John K. Daniels. It is one of five placed in national cemeteries to honor the state's volunteer soldiers. The State of Illinois commissioned French-American sculptor Leon Hermant to create its monument. The bronze recumbent figure on a marble sarcophagus was completed in 1929.

https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/signs/Memphis-National-Cemetery-TN-Interpretive-Sign.pdf

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CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL CEMETERY

National Cemetery
Gen. George H. Thomas established a cemetery here on December 25, 1863, "to provide a proper resting place for the remains of the brave men who fell upon the fields" of Chattanooga. The grounds, some 120 acres southwest of the city, were huge in comparison to other early military cemeteries. A stone wall enclosed 75 acres, where four miles of roadway meandered through eighteen picturesque burial sections. A central hill was reserved for the flagstaff and cannon monuments. The natural terrain influenced the landscape design, resulting in irregular-shaped sections that still define the cemetery.

https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/signs/Chattanooga-National-Cemetery-TN-Interpretive-Sign.pdf

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[Kathy the history sleuth]

CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL CEMETERY

National Cemetery
Gen. George H. Thomas established a cemetery here on December 25, 1863, "to provide a proper resting place for the remains of the brave men who fell upon the fields" of Chattanooga. The grounds, some 120 acres southwest of the city, were huge in comparison to other early military cemeteries. A stone wall enclosed 75 acres, where four miles of roadway meandered through eighteen picturesque burial sections. A central hill was reserved for the flagstaff and cannon monuments. The natural terrain influenced the landscape design, resulting in irregular-shaped sections that still define the cemetery.

https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/signs/Chattanooga-National-Cemetery-TN-Interpretive-Sign.pdf

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This is a great cemetery to visit. Burials include the individuals executed because of the Great Locomotive Chase.

 

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MOBILE NATIONAL CEMETERY

National Cemetery
Mobile National Cemetery was established in May 1866 on 3 acres of land in Magnolia Cemetery. The City of Mobile donated the land to the federal government. The cemetery was divided into four sections with a central flagstaff. It contained more than 900 burials. Remains were brought here from forts Morgan and Gaines, and cemeteries in Conecuh and Pollard in Conecuh County, and Claiborne in Monroe County. In the 1870s, the U.S. Army built a brick wall around the cemetery. A brick Second Empire-style lodge for the superintendent and his family was erected in 1881. A decade later, an octagonal brick-and-iron rostrum was constructed for ceremonial events. In 1936, the government expanded the cemetery by purchasing 3 acres on the opposite side of Virginia Street. The remains of four Confederate soldiers are buried in that section.

https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/signs/Mobile-National-Cemetery-AL-Interpretive-Sign.pdf

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Port Hudson National Cemetery

National Cemetery
In August 1866, Lt. A. Rayburn chose this site for Port Hudson National Cemetery. The 8-acre plot was already the final resting place of Union soldiers who died fighting at Port Hudson. The government paid $3,000 for the land. Among those buried here are 256 men who served in the United States Colored Troops (USCT). By 1875, Port Hudson National Cemetery contained 3,804 graves, most marked as unknowns. Remains from elsewhere in Louisiana, including Morganza village; the Carnes, Dunn's, Haynes, Slaughters, and Wilson's plantations; and Methodist College in West Baton Rouge Parish were reinterred here.

https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/signs/Port-Hudson-National-Cemetery-LA-Interpretive-Sign.pdf

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Been there many times. I can't visit Port Hudson without going to the National Cemetery. The nearby national cemetery in Baton Rouge is nice too. Been there at least a couple of times.

 

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MOBILE NATIONAL CEMETERY

National Cemetery
Mobile National Cemetery was established in May 1866 on 3 acres of land in Magnolia Cemetery. The City of Mobile donated the land to the federal government. The cemetery was divided into four sections with a central flagstaff. It contained more than 900 burials. Remains were brought here from forts Morgan and Gaines, and cemeteries in Conecuh and Pollard in Conecuh County, and Claiborne in Monroe County. In the 1870s, the U.S. Army built a brick wall around the cemetery. A brick Second Empire-style lodge for the superintendent and his family was erected in 1881. A decade later, an octagonal brick-and-iron rostrum was constructed for ceremonial events. In 1936, the government expanded the cemetery by purchasing 3 acres on the opposite side of Virginia Street. The remains of four Confederate soldiers are buried in that section.

https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/signs/Mobile-National-Cemetery-AL-Interpretive-Sign.pdf

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Great one to visit. For whatever reason, I thought it was bigger than it is before I visited it. Several monuments there and Magnolia Cemetery is right next to it.

 

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CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL CEMETERY

National Cemetery
Gen. George H. Thomas established a cemetery here on December 25, 1863, "to provide a proper resting place for the remains of the brave men who fell upon the fields" of Chattanooga. The grounds, some 120 acres southwest of the city, were huge in comparison to other early military cemeteries. A stone wall enclosed 75 acres, where four miles of roadway meandered through eighteen picturesque burial sections. A central hill was reserved for the flagstaff and cannon monuments. The natural terrain influenced the landscape design, resulting in irregular-shaped sections that still define the cemetery.

https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/signs/Chattanooga-National-Cemetery-TN-Interpretive-Sign.pdf

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Great view of Lookout Mountain, Orchard Knob and Missionary Ridge from the cemetery.

 

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Port Hudson National Cemetery

National Cemetery
In August 1866, Lt. A. Rayburn chose this site for Port Hudson National Cemetery. The 8-acre plot was already the final resting place of Union soldiers who died fighting at Port Hudson. The government paid $3,000 for the land. Among those buried here are 256 men who served in the United States Colored Troops (USCT). By 1875, Port Hudson National Cemetery contained 3,804 graves, most marked as unknowns.

So are there Confederate prisoners buried there? If this is a National Cemetery, I would not expect to find any but then who are tgese UNKNOWNs?

 

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RICHMOND NATIONAL CEMETERY

National Cemetery
During the Civil War, Union and Confederate armies fought multiple battles for control of Richmond. Thousands of Union soldiers perished. They are now buried in Richmond National Cemetery and six other national cemeteries established in the Richmond-Petersburg area in 1866. Most of the men who lie here died in Richmond's Confederate prisons. Among those are 3,200 Union soldiers reinterred from Oakwood Cemetery, and another 388 from Hollywood Cemetery. The remains of 210 prisoners were moved from Belle Isle to the national cemetery, along with twelve men removed from a trench in the "Rocketts," a suburb near Castle Thunder prison. The remains of 2,710 Union soldiers who died in local battles are interred here, too.

https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/signs/Richmond-National-Cemetery-VA-Interpretive-Sign.pdf

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