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 . . . — — Map (db m161407) HM
This tree dedicated by the Veterans Administration in 1976 to America's Medal of Honor recipients who helped make this bicentennial observance possible "by gallantry above and beyond the call of duty" — — Map (db m161414) WM
In memory of the Confederate Soldiers
who are buried at Mound City National Cemetery
May they never be forgotten
Erected by
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Seven Confederate Knights
Chapter 2625
Illinois Division,
Sons of . . . — — Map (db m161413) HM
In honor of those who gave the Ultimate Sacrifice in service to the United States of America and the families they left behind. The sacrifice will not be forgotten. — — Map (db m207783) HM
Civil War Mound City
Mound City's location at a river crossroads was strategic to the Union war effort. It was near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and the confluence of the Ohio, Tennessee, and Cumberland rivers.
The . . . — — Map (db m161409) HM
Memorial
to our 468 men enlisted for
World War 1917-1918
and with
reverent memory
to those
Killed in Action
Frank Cannon • Barney Crouch • Elijah Duckworth • Orin Koonce • Boyd Metcalf • Louis Phares • John . . . — — Map (db m194734) WM
Erected in honor of the sons of Mound City in the service
of their country World War II, 1941 to 1946
Anderson, Loren • Ashworth, Mark • Britt, Charles E. • Britt, Jake • Britt, Arthur • Boren, Ralph W. • Boren, Leon • Boren, Ivan • Boren, . . . — — Map (db m194735) WM
With willing hearts and skillful hands, the difficult we do at once, the impossible takes a bit longer.
Seabees Can Do
We Build We Fight
— — Map (db m161404) WM
During the Civil War the naval depot of the western river fleet was located at Mound City. Here the keels of three of the famous Eads ironclad gunboats were laid, and a large force of workmen were employed to keep the fleet in fighting trim. The . . . — — Map (db m144869) HM
This pedestal commemorates the Mound City Centennial celebration of 1954. Sealed inside are historical documents and a story of the bell that rests upon it. The bell, a war trophy, was used as lead-off bell for the Mississippi Squadron stationed . . . — — Map (db m144876) HM
The southern portion of the brick building at the Ohio levee, 150 yards east of here, was part of a large warehouse which was converted into a Military Hospital in 1861 and staffed during the Civil War by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. Following the . . . — — Map (db m144868) HM
On the Ohio River three miles south of here Cantonment Wilkinson-ville, named for Gen. James Wilkinson, was established by Lt. Col. David Strong in 1797 as a post of the United States Army. It was garrisoned until 1804. Here are buried Colonel . . . — — Map (db m207779) HM
In memory
World War I: Walter Steers
World War II: Raymond Richard • Louis Sharp • Clyde Brashear
Vietnam: Alvin Pounds • William Neeley — — Map (db m194741) WM
