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Photographer: Tom Bosse
Taken: July 31, 2016
Caption: Chalmette National Cemetery - Headstone Marker
Additional Description: Here we honor veterans who served their country.

The United States Congress established this site as a National Cemetery in 1864 for the re-interment of Union soldiers who died in Civil War hospitals and were buried in various nearby locations.

Over 15,000 veterans of American wars and their dependents are buried here. Of these, 6,773 are unknown. A variety of headstones and inscriptions mark the graves.

Four veterans of the War of 1812 were re-interred here. Only the unknown veteran fought at the battle of New Orleans. He died on his way home to Tennessee after the war.
Submitted: August 23, 2016, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p360642
File Size: 1.553 Megabytes

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