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National Cemeteries Historical Markers
The human carnage of the American Civil War led Congress in 1862 to authorize President Lincoln to purchase cemetery grounds to be used as national cemeteries. By 1870, the remains of nearly 300,000 Union dead had been buried in 73 national cemeteries. As of late 2018, there are 150 National Cemeteries, with the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery Administration maintaining most, while the US Army and the US Department of the Interior maintain several, with more than four million veterans of all US wars interred.
This series is intended to capture all markers about these national cemeteries as well as any war and veterans memorials on their grounds.
This memorial marks the burial site of
Union and Confederate soldiers who fought
in the Battle of Coffeeville December 5 1862
some known by name - others known but to God
Pvt J C Barret • Pvt Henry Byers
Co B 26 Miss Regt • Co C . . . — — Map (db m86447) WM
Ill. 76th Vol. Inf.
in memory
of our heroes
who fell at
Fort Blakely, Ala.
April 9, 1865
——
2nd Brig. 2nd Div.
13th Army Corps.
William T. Duke • Micajah S. Moore • William Crimes • George H. Hopkins • George F. Tremain • . . . — — Map (db m86870) WM
This memorial is dedicated to
US Navy, US Marine Corps, and
Confederate States Navy personnel
who lost their lives in the
Battle of Mobile Bay, Civil War
August 5, 1864 — — Map (db m86446) WM
In 1862, while Alabama was a State among the Confederate States of America suffering invasion by Union forces, the City of Mobile designed this Square 13 of Magnolia Cemetery as "Soldier's Rest" for Confederate Patriots who were casualties of the . . . — — Map (db m87210) HM WM
This memorial is dedicated to the gallant crew of the CSS Horace L Hunley and their commander 1st Lt George E Dixon
Co A 21st Ala Inf CSA who
perished on the attack on
the USS Housatonic Feb 17 1864 — — Map (db m86251) WM
This memorial is dedicated to the
officers and men of the CSS Alabama
who perished during the attack of the USS Kearsarge
on June 19, 1864
Yeo George Applebee • FN Christian Pust
Stew A G Bartelli • Sea John Roberts
Cox Henry . . . — — Map (db m86441) WM
National Cemetery
Mobile National Cemetery was established in May 1866 on 3 acres of land in Magnolia Cemetery. The City of Mobile donated the land to the federal government. The Cemetery was divided into four sections with a central . . . — — Map (db m86914) HM
This gate is dedicated to men of the Armed Forces of the United States who died while serving their country in war and in peace.---In Memory of Kermit Roosevelt. Born 1859-Died 1943-Who fought in the British and American Armies during World Wars . . . — — Map (db m72794) WM
Dedicated to The Memory of
All The Patriotic Men and Women
Who Answered Their Country’s Call To Service
George W. Bush
President of The United States
Anthony J. Principi
Secretary
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Roger R. Rapp . . . — — Map (db m102949) HM
"The markers in this memorial area honor veterans whose remains have not been recovered or identified, were buried at sea, donated to science or cremated and the ashes scattered." — — Map (db m102948) HM
Amvets National Service Foundation
In Partnership With
The Unified Arizona Veterans And
The Arizona Department Of Veterans Services
Dedicate This Carillon As A Living Memorial
To American Veterans Who Served Their Country
Honorably For . . . — — Map (db m102950) WM
Frank Moore, a WWI veteran buried at Little Rock National Cemetery in 1932, moved to Phillips County, Arkansas, after being honorably discharged in December of 1918 from service as a private in the 162nd Depot Brigade, There he worked on a farm and . . . — — Map (db m210364) HM
National Cemetery
The Union Army buried their dead in the southeast corner of the new cemetery—now Oakland—Fraternal Cemetery. In 1868, the federal government purchased additional land adjacent to the original burials and the 12.1-acre . . . — — Map (db m180795) HM
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 m92317) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m114215) HM
The Confederate Occupation
The War Department established Fort Smith in 1817 and occupied it until April 23, 1861. Learning that the Arkansas militia was advancing, the garrison retreated, taking arms and supplies from the fort with them. . . . — — Map (db m92307) HM
Civil War Fort Smith
In 1817, the U.S. Army sent a detachment of soldiers to Arkansas Territory to keep the peace between the Osage and Cherokee nations. They built a post on the shore of the Arkansas River and named it for Gen. Thomas A. . . . — — Map (db m92314) HM
Military Conflicts in U.S. History
American Revolution (1775-1783)
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Mexican War (1846-1848)
Civil War (1861-1865)
Indian Wars (Colonial Era to 1890)
Spanish American War (1898)
The Boxer Rebellion . . . — — Map (db m92338) WM
AMVETS in conjunction with the
Citizens of the area
dedicated this carillon as a
living memorial to
Arkansas-Oklahoma Veterans
who served their country honorably
for the Cause of Freedom
November 11, 1986
Fort Smith National . . . — — Map (db m92342) WM
Dedicated to the memory of all the patriotic men and women who answered their country's call to service.
George W. Bush, President of the United States.
James B. Peake, Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
William F. . . . — — Map (db m59200) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m280704) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m114042) WM
National Home
In 1887, the U.S. Congress approved funding for the Pacific
Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
(NHDVS). Three individuals donated land for the 640-acre
site located 14 miles west of Los . . . — — Map (db m219686) HM
Dedicated
To those men of the
First Marine Division – FMF
Who gave their lives
in the service of
their County
World War II, Korea, Vietnam
Southwest Asia — — Map (db m38742) HM
This cemetery is dedicated to the memory of all the patriotic men and women who answered their country’s call to service. Their inspiring contribution will help preserve in the hearts and lives of all Americans the spirit of patriotism, the love . . . — — Map (db m38731) HM
These trees are dedicated to the memory of those United States Submariners who made the ultimate sacrifice, so that we might live in freedom. — — Map (db m38981) HM
A burial ground before 1847, this graveyard became an Army post cemetery in the 1860s. It is the final resting place for most who fell at San Pasqual in 1846, and for the USS Bennington victims of 1905. It became Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in . . . — — Map (db m82324) HM
1st United States Dragoons
Company C
Sergent. John Cox • Corporl William. C. West • Private George Ashmead • Private Joseph T. Campbell • Private Williamm. Dalton • Private John Dunlop • Private Joseph B. Kennedy • Private William. C. Leckey . . . — — Map (db m82318) HM WM
whose members made the longest military march in U.S. History of over 2000 miles from Iowa to San Diego in 1846 – 1847 during the war with Mexico.
Albert Warren Dunham
Private – Company B
23 May 1828 – 11 May 1847
. . . — — Map (db m82319) HM WM
[Panel 1]:
Eternal God who alone spreads out the heavens and rules the raging seas, may this memorial bring continued remembrance to the one hundred and thirty seven men who died defending their country in time of danger, and whose . . . — — Map (db m8480) HM
Inscribed here are the names of 525 men who died in the Battle of Leyte Gulf during the liberation of the Philippine Islands on 25 Oct 1944. Their ships, the destroyers USS Johnston (DD-557) and USS Hoel (DD-533) and destroyer escort USS Samuel B. . . . — — Map (db m8428) HM
“Let it be your greatest joy to teach my child that I was one who loved my country more than life. It is the only legacy I can bequeath to him, but it is one that a prince might well be proud of.”
— From the diary of an . . . — — Map (db m81648) HM
Erected
by
the crew of the
U.S.S. Oregon
In memory of
their shipmate privates
Harry Fisher,
Albert Turner,
Robert E. Thomas,
Charles B. King,
U.S. Marine Corps
killed in action on the
Tartar Wall
of
Peking, . . . — — Map (db m91852) HM WM
Dedicated to the memory of
all the patriotic men and women
who answered their country’s call to service.
George W. Bush
President of the United States
R. James Nicholson
Secretary
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs . . . — — Map (db m36827) HM
In Memory
of
Our Comrades
Killed and Wounded
in Battle
on This Field
July 11th & 12th 1864
98th Reg't. P.V.
1st Brig., 2nd Div., 6th Corps — — Map (db m76116) WM
During the late evening of July 12, 1864, 40 Union soldiers that perished while defending Washington DC from a two day Confederate attack (known as the Battle of Fort Stevens) were laid to rest here in what was once an apple orchard. President . . . — — Map (db m165667) HM
After the rebels were turned back as the Battle of Fort Stevens ended in 1864, scores of Union Soldiers lay cold and silent. Forty-one of them are buried here in this tiny plot dedicated to their sacrifice.
President Abraham Lincoln, who . . . — — Map (db m165669) HM
As the gallant soldiers that are interred at the cemetery marched onto the battlefield on July 11-12, 1864 during the Battle of Fort Stevens, their regimental flags accompanied then into the fight.
Battleground National Cemetery honors . . . — — Map (db m64225) HM
To the gallant sons of Onondaga County, N.Y. who fought on this field July 12, 1864 in defence of Washington and in the presence of Abraham Lincoln
122 N.Y.V. — — Map (db m76093) WM
Civil War Washington City
Over the course of the Civil War, the nation's capital was transformed. The dignified government city Pierre Charles L' Enfant laid out in 1791 was hardened into a sprawling military center. Encircled by strong . . . — — Map (db m139512) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m142392) HM WM
The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat
The soldier’s last tattoo;
No more on life’s parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame’s eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with solemn round, . . . — — Map (db m145356) WM
Navy Seabees
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 m145320) WM
Sky Soldiers
The Florida Chapter Dedicates
This memorial To The Sky Soldiers
Of The 173rd Airborne Brigade
Who Served With Honor — — Map (db m145321) WM
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 m145318) WM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m143358) WM
Jacksonville National Cemetery
Dedicated to the memory of
All the Patriotic Men and Women
Who Answered Their Country’s Call to Service
George W. Bush
President of the United States
James B. Peake . . . — — Map (db m143138) WM
In Honor Of
Marines and Navy FMF Corpsmen
Uncommon Valor is still a common Virtue
Semper Fidelis
Jacksonville
Semper Fidelis Society
November 10, 2012 — — Map (db m143147) WM
Navy Seabees
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 m143148) WM
Sky Soldiers
The Florida Chapter Dedicates
This memorial To The Sky Soldiers
Of The 173rd Airborne Brigade
Who Served With Honor — — Map (db m143151) WM
AMVETS Of Nassau County Post 2007
And
AMVETS National Service Foundation
AMVETS Department Of Florida Service Foundation
Dedicated This Carillon As A Living Memorial
To America’s Veterans Who Served Their Country
Honorably For . . . — — Map (db m143142) WM
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 m143140) WM
The grounds of Arlington National Cemetery were originally part of Arlington House, the 1,100-achre home of General Robert E. Lee and his family before the war began. Today, the cemetery covers 612 acres and is the final resting place for more . . . — — Map (db m142584) HM
Early U.S. Military Presence
In 1825, President John Quincy Adams ordered the creation of a naval station at Pensacola, Florida
Territory. The Pensacola Navy Yard opened the following year.
The first U.S. Naval Hospital was built here . . . — — Map (db m160818) HM
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 m127668) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m144126) HM WM
These three pyramids cover vaults containing the individually unidentified remains of 1468 soldiers of the Florida Indian Wars
1835-1842
The Florida Indian Wars began with the murder of an Indian agent at Fort King on December 25, 1835. . . . — — Map (db m77411) HM WM
On December 28, 1835, during the Second Seminole War, a column of 108 U.S. Army soldiers dispatched from Fort Brooke (Tampa) to relieve the detachment at Fort King (Ocala) was surprised by a strong force of Seminole Indians near Bushnell in Sumter . . . — — Map (db m77413) HM
Civil War St. Augustine
Florida seceded from the Union in January 1861. Confederate troops then captured Fort Marion, which was built in St. Augustine in the late 1600s as Castillo de San Marcos. By early 1862, the fall of Nashville, . . . — — Map (db m127667) HM
"Airborne All The Way!!!"
In honor of those champions of liberty,
the men and woman of the 82nd Airborne
Division, who made the supreme sacrifice
to preserve freedom throughout the world.
Tampa Bay Chapter, South Florida Chapter, . . . — — Map (db m146537) WM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m146016) WM
The Flame of Freedom burns
because of those who served
Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Florida
Organized July 5 And 6, 1830 — — Map (db m146834) WM
This cemetery is dedicated
to the memory of all the
patriotic men and women
who answered their
country’s call to service.
Their inspiring contribution
will help preserve in the
hearts and lives of all
Americans the spirit of . . . — — Map (db m145992) WM
Dedicated to all veterans
who sacrificed their lives to
protect freedom
“For God and Country”
The American Legion
Department of Florida
Nov. 11, 1992 — — Map (db m146573) WM
In memory of
all Scottish Masons
who have served their country
Gone but not forgotten
The Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A.
November 11, 2000 — — Map (db m146836) WM
Department of Florida
Reserve Officers Association
Dedicated 1996
To those who have served
their nation
The object and purpose of the Reserve Officers
Association shall be to support a military policy for
the United States that . . . — — Map (db m146515) WM
Dedicated to all who made the supreme sacrifice
so that we all may be free
Department of Florida AMVETS
Established September 1945
Dedicated Sept. 12, 1999 — — Map (db m146789) WM
Dedicated to all veterans of
the Americal Division
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
Nov. 11, 1991
South Last Chapter
Americal Division Veterans Assn. — — Map (db m146516) WM
AMVETS dedicated this Carillon
as a living memorial to America’s Veterans
who served their country honorably
for the cause of freedom
Florida National Cemetery
Bushnell, Florida
October 9, 1993 — — Map (db m146000) WM
For he today that shed his blood with me
shall be my brother
Henry V. Shakespeare
Yalu River China • Chosin Reservoir • Hungnam • Inchon • Seul • Pusan
The Chosin Few
Korea
Nov. - 1950 - Dec.
We few ---
We . . . — — Map (db m146529) WM
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 m146009) WM
Dedicated To The
Women’s Army
Auxiliary Corps
And The
Women’s Army Corps
1942 – 1978
Presented By All FL Chapters
Of The
Veterans Association
1991 — — Map (db m147889) WM
To all Navy personnel
who served aboard
destroyers in the
Pacific during World
War II, and for all
their important
contributions to the
war efforts, especially
those of the U.S.S.
Topeka. — — Map (db m146510) WM
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 troops. . . . — — Map (db m120096) HM WM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m114679) HM WM
Atlanta Campaign During the Civil War, the fight for Atlanta began in early May 1864 in north Georgia. It ended when Union troops marched into the state capital on September 2. Over four months, Union and Confederate armies met in sixteen . . . — — Map (db m120022) HM WM
This cemetery began as a burial place for the 12,920 Union soldiers who died in the nearby prison camp. The orderly rows and peaceful setting contrast with the misery and disease within that stockade. When Andersonville National Cemetery was . . . — — Map (db m173060) HM
After the Civil War, people wanted to preserve Civil War sites and remember fallen soldiers. At Andersonville, the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic (LGAR) and the Women's Relief Corps led these efforts. They encouraged states to place . . . — — Map (db m173064) HM
In 1911 the state of New York erected this granite monument to honor its troops who died in Andersonville prison. Large monuments were a fashion of the time, built on a scale that would symbolize the prisoners' enormous sacrifice.There are twelve . . . — — Map (db m173067) HM
New York This monument, erected by The State of New York, commemorates the patriotism, sacrifices and fortitude of about nine thousand New York soldiers of the Union armies in the War of the Rebellion who were confined in the . . . — — Map (db m173246) WM
The prisoners' headstones are only inches apart. As the death rate at Andersonville escalated to 100 per day, officials abandoned the use of pine-box coffins and had the bodies buried shoulder to shoulder in trenches. At first only numbered stakes . . . — — Map (db m173069) HM
The Union dead in this section did not die in Andersonville prison. Buried in haste on battlefields in central and southwest Georgia, many of these soldiers were never identified. There was no system of military "dog tags" during the Civil War. A . . . — — Map (db m173071) HM
In these gardens are recorded
the names of Americans
who gave their lives
in the Service of their Country
and whose earthly resting place
is known only to God
*Indicates Medal Of Honor Award — — Map (db m4504) WM
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 troops. . . . — — Map (db m181389) HM
Civil War Quincy
Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 12, 1861. Three days later, President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to suppress the rebellion. Men in Quincy, Illinois, rushed to volunteer for . . . — — Map (db m181384) HM
Confederate Dead
Erected to the memory of the six thousand southern soldiers here buried, who died in Camp Douglas Prison 1862-5.
These men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and died. — — Map (db m63605) WM
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