Near Mandan in Morton County, North Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Post Cemetery
Photographed By McGhiever, June 21, 2023
1. Post Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Post Cemetery. . Charles Page, a civilian worker at Fort Abraham Lincoln who froze to death in the fall of 1873, was the first recorded burial in the cemetery. Freezing, gangrene, gunshot wounds, and other illnesses and injuries were typical causes of death. After the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the steamboat, Far West, brought casualties back to Fort Abraham Lincoln. Those who died of their wounds during or after the trip back to Fort Abraham Lincoln were buried in the cemetery. After Fort Abraham Lincoln was abandoned, the remains of soldiers were reburied in the Custer National Cemetery, rejoining their comrades killed during the Battle of the Little Bighorn., The bodies of civilian workers and children who died at the fort whose remains were unclaimed by relatives were reinterred at Greenwood Cemetery in Mandan.
Charles Page, a civilian worker at Fort Abraham Lincoln who froze to death in the fall of 1873, was the first recorded burial in the cemetery. Freezing, gangrene, gunshot wounds, and other illnesses and injuries were typical causes of death. After the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the steamboat, Far West, brought casualties back to Fort Abraham Lincoln. Those who died of their wounds during or after the trip back to Fort Abraham Lincoln were buried in the cemetery. After Fort Abraham Lincoln was abandoned, the remains of soldiers were reburied in the Custer National Cemetery, rejoining their comrades killed during the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
The bodies of civilian workers and children who died at the fort whose remains were unclaimed by relatives were reinterred at Greenwood Cemetery in Mandan.
Location. 46° 46.153′ N, 100° 51.335′ W. Marker is near Mandan, North Dakota, in Morton County. The marker is in Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park (fee area), at the southwest corner of the Infantry Post parking lot. A mowed trail leads from the marker to the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4480 Fort Lincoln Road, Mandan ND 58554, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. Post Cemetery Marker and trail, with the cemetery visible in the left distance
Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 9, 2023, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 63 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 9, 2023, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
