Alton in Madison County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Confederate Cemetery Monument
Photographed by Jason Voigt, August 2, 2020
1. Confederate Cemetery Monument
by the
United States
to mark the burial place
of
1354 Confederate
Soldiers who died here
and at the
Smallpox Hospital
on the adjacent island
while prisoners of war
and whose graves
cannot now be identified
Erected 1909 by United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Topics and series. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.
Location. 38° 55.08′ N, 90° 11.699′ W. Monument is in Alton, Illinois, in Madison County. It is on Rozier Street west of State Street, on the right when traveling east. Memorial is located at North Alton Confederate Cemetery. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 620 Rozier St, Alton IL 62002, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: North Alton Confederate Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Plank Road (approx. 0.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Legend of the Piasa (approx. 1.4 miles away); First Soybeans Planted in Illinois, 1851 (approx. 1.6 miles away); Haskell Playhouse (approx. 1.7 miles away); Godfrey (approx. 1.7 miles away); Great Rivers Park (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alton.
Also see . . . Confederate Cemetery. The cemetery's page on Findagrave.com. Lists all of the names that are inscribed on the plaques, which are on all sides of the monument. (Submitted on August 3, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)
Photographed by Jason Voigt, August 2, 2020
2. Confederate Cemetery Monument
at the top of the hill (from the entrance and marker). The obelisk stands 58 ft. tall. All of the names of the 1,354 people buried are engraved on plaques.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 3, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 511 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 3, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.
