• The following cemeteries were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Civil War Era National Cemeteries Multiple Property Submission...
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    American Civil War in an attempt to put together a formal network of military cemeteries. It started as the Jefferson Barracks Military Post Cemetery in 1826...
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    50,000 interments. The cemetery was established in 1863, by an order from Major General George Henry Thomas after the Civil War Battles of Chattanooga...
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    original interments in the cemetery were men who died in nearby Union hospitals during the occupation of the area early in the Civil War, mainly in 1861, following...
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    73 national cemeteries. Most of the cemeteries were located near former battlefields or what were once war time camps. Fort Leavenworth National cemetery...
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    the war, several makeshift battlefield cemeteries had their remains moved to Lexington. In 1863, the lot was officially designated a National Cemetery, and...
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    American Civil War, the cemetery was officially designated as a National Cemetery for Union burials. Remains of Union troops from other cemeteries around...
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    Antonio National Cemetery was a part of the city's cemetery, which was deeded to the federal government 1867. The first interments were Civil War Union...
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    Knoxville National Cemetery – official site National Register of Historic Places Multiple Properties Submission Form for Civil War Era National Cemeteries Historic...
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    island. Civil War veterans who were interred in Oakdale Cemetery in Davenport, Iowa, were later disinterred and moved to the National Cemetery. Property...
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    end of 2005. Camp Butler National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. During the Civil War, Camp Butler was the second...
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    National Cemetery in 1865, and remains from nearby Civil War battlefield cemeteries were transferred and reinterred there. Florence National Cemetery...
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    Troops". The cemetery was created in 1863 as a place to bury Union soldiers who died while serving in and around Camp Nelson during the Civil War. The first...
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    and maintained by the Baltimore National Cemetery. Annapolis National Cemetery is one of the 14 national cemeteries established by Abraham Lincoln in...
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    Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. The first interments took place in Jefferson City National Cemetery in 1861, and were American Civil War soldiers who...
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    Corinth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Corinth, in Alcorn County, Mississippi. Administered by the United States...
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    the first National Cemeteries created. As small as it is, the cemetery still receives burials. It is one of the oldest National Cemeteries still in operation...
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    National Cemetery". Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County. Retrieved 2023-09-21. "Quincy National Cemetery--Civil War Era National Cemeteries:...
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    transferred from the Nashville City Cemetery, veteran hospital cemeteries around the region, as well as battlefield cemeteries, such as those from the Battle...
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    this time, the original post cemetery was repaired, expanded, and improved. On April 23, 1861, as the American Civil War was beginning, the post was abandoned...
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    Wilmington National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Wilmington, in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Administered...
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    buried in the cemetery be moved to the Springfield National Cemetery, but public protest prevented it. It is the resting place of many Civil War Union soldiers...
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    related to Baton Rouge National Cemetery. National Cemetery Administration Baton Rouge National Cemetery Civil War Era National Cemeteries Historic American...
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    Island National Cemetery. Keokuk National Cemetery was created in a separate, donated plot of Oakland Cemetery during the American Civil War as a place...
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    Barrancas. In 1838 it was established as a United States Navy cemetery. During the Civil War, Pensacola was hotly contested, as it was considered to be the...
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    hospital in Civil War. Freed African-American Slave. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service...
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    National Cemetery. The cemetery's Civil War interments include about 2,300 Union soldiers and 650 Confederate soldiers. Loudon Park National Cemetery...
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    from wars dating back to the Revolutionary War. The cemetery lends its name to National Avenue in Springfield, which formerly passed by the cemetery prior...
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    February 1, 1867, New Bern National Cemetery was initially used to reinter remains from the numerous battlefield cemeteries around the area, including...
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    cemetery was established immediately adjacent to the National Cemetery. In 1938, the two cemeteries were combined, though the Union and Confederate burials...
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