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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.
Civil War Alton
In spring, 1861, pro-Confederate militia in St. Louis, Missouri, threatened to capture the U.S. arsenal there. Union forces in Illinois commandeered the steamboat City of Alton, sailed south, and and at midnight on . . . — — Map (db m133299) HM
Alton Military Prison
In late 1861, Union Gen. Henry Halleck received permission to use the former Illinois State Penitentiary in Alton, Illinois, as a military prison. The old prison had 256 cells, a hospital, a warden's house, and . . . — — Map (db m154164) HM
More people died during the Civil War than during any other war in U.S. history. An estimated 200 Union soldiers are buried at the Alton Cemetery.
More than three million fought in the Civil War. Two percent of the population—more than . . . — — Map (db m133300) 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 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
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
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 m159006) HM
Establishing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
On March 4, 1865, just weeks before his assassination, President Abraham Lincoln took his second oath of office. In his inaugural address, Lincoln spoke of the need to heal a divided . . . — — Map (db m157828) HM
Camp Butler, Civil War concentration camp for Illinois volunteers, occupied a large area in this vicinity from 1861 to 1866. It was also a prison camp for captured Confederates. Now a National Cemetery, it contains the graves of 1642 Union and . . . — — Map (db m4621) HM
Camp Butler was established in 1861as a Civil War training camp and mobilization center for Illinois recruits. Selected by State officials and Brigadier General William T. Sherman and named for Illinois State Treasurer William Butler (1859-1863), . . . — — Map (db m51876) HM
Union Training Camp
The State of Illinois established Camp Butler in August 1861 in response to President Abraham Lincoln's second call for volunteers to suppress the rebellion. Named for William Butler, the state treasurer, its location . . . — — Map (db m157748) HM
Camp Butler Prison Camp
On February 16, 1862, Fort Donelson, a Confederate stronghold on the Cumberland River west of Clarksville, Tennessee, surrendered. Faced with 15,000 prisoners, the U.S. Army converted several training camps, . . . — — Map (db m159004) HM
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 m227869) 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 m114212) HM
National Cemeteries were first developed in the United States during the Civil War. Due to mounting war casualties, on July 17, 1862, Congress empowered President Abraham Lincoln, "to purchase cemetery grounds and cause them to be securely . . . — — Map (db m157063) HM
The inscription on the base of the memorial bench is taken from his final formal speech given prior to his death on April 15, 1865. It was a five-minute speech where Lincoln reminded his audience that slavery had been the central cause of the Civil . . . — — Map (db m157064) HM
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people have served honorably and admirably in America's armed forces. In their memory and in appreciation of their selfless service and sacrifice. — — Map (db m175190) WM
An act of Congress in 1862 established fourteen national cemeteries for the interment of casualties from the Civil War. The first National Cemetery was at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The New Albany National Cemetery was one of the first seven . . . — — Map (db m68540) HM WM
This National Cemetery is one of the original 7 established in 1862 by Congress. 5.46 acres were purchased from Dr. Charles Bowman Dec. 1862 for burial of Union and Confederate casualties. There are over 5,000 interments from 7 conflicts. Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m26409) HM
"Falls of the Ohio" in the Civil War
The towns of Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana are located near the falls of the Ohio River across from Louisville, Kentucky. This location made them critical to the Union war effort. Jeffersonville . . . — — Map (db m100986) HM WM
National Home
In spring 1888, Congressman George Steele, Sr., of
Marion, Indiana, introduced legislation authorizing the
establishment of a National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers (NHDVS) in Grant County. Construction . . . — — Map (db m164704) 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 m161465) WM
In memory of
the men who offered
their lives
in defense
of
their country.
Marion Branch
National Military Home
Indiana
Act of Congress July 28, 1888 — — Map (db m161466) HM WM
Crown Hill Cemetery, founded in 1863, is the fourth largest cemetery in America. The history of Indiana and the United States is reflected in its monuments. President Benjamin Harrison, Vice-Presidents Charles Fairbanks, Thomas Hendricks, and Thomas . . . — — Map (db m81439) 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 m233303) HM
Lawyer and Publicist. Col. 70th Reg. Ind. Vol. War 1861-1866. Brevetted Brigadier General 1866. U.S. Senator, 1881-1887. President 1889-1893. Statesman, yet friend to truth, of soul sincere, action faithful and in honor clear. — — Map (db m93165) WM
Civil War Indianapolis
Indiana Governor Oliver Morton responded quickly to President Abraham Lincoln's 1861 call for 75,000 volunteers to help suppress the southern rebellion. Thousands of Hoosiers assembled in Indianapolis. Camp Morton, named . . . — — Map (db m199026) HM
Born Hertford Co. North Carolina
Sept. 12th, 1818.
Died New York City.
Febr. 26th, 1903.
The highest honors that the world can boast are subjects far too low for my desire. The brightest beams of glory are at most incomplete compared to my . . . — — Map (db m82207) HM
In memory of the unknown dead who fell in our country's service in the War for the Union A.D. 1861-65.
No name to bid us know who rests below.
No word of death or birth. Only the grasses wave over a mound of earth, over a nameless . . . — — Map (db m233305) WM
Civil War Keokuk Keokuk, Iowa, was a staging and training ground for seven Union regiments. The first soldiers mustered in at Camp Ellsworth in May 1861. Later, camps Rankin, Halleck, and Lincoln prepared Iowa troops for deployment south. Its . . . — — Map (db m179354) 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 m108813) HM
To Honor All Combat
Infantrymen
We were boys and we were young
We became men on that hill we overrun
Some of us lived, many of us died
For a moment with us abide
And join in prayer with me
To honor those of the combat infantry . . . — — Map (db m44169) HM
This National Cemetery
has been listed in
The National Register
of
Historic Places
by the
United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m61520) HM
Civil War Fort Scott
Fort Scott, founded 1842, was named for former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army, Gen. Winfield Scott. The army abandoned the fort in 1853, but the Civil War prompted federal troops to return in 1862. Fort Scott . . . — — Map (db m108814) HM
who gave their lives in battle May 18, 1863 near Sherwood, Missouri
Henry Aggleson Pvt Co F
Greene Allen Pvt Co H
John Booth Pvt Co H
Edward Cockerell Pvt Co E
William Grisby Pvt Co D
Frank Haze Pvt Co F
Milton Johnson Pvt Co I . . . — — Map (db m116815) WM
Downtown Fort Scott
Historic downtown Fort Scott has roots in a time when it was the last stop before the frontier. Initially comprised of former fort buildings, it soon transformed into a lively downtown commercial district. New permanent . . . — — Map (db m128766) HM
Erected by the United States to the Memory of the Officers and Soldiers Killed in the Battle of Baxter Springs October 8, 1863, and Other Engagements in this Vicinity who are Buried near this Monument, and . . . — — Map (db m21140) WM
Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War (1861-1865). As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. This propelled the . . . — — Map (db m171034) HM
In 1870-71, the victims of the attack on Fort Blair and the Battle of Baxter Springs were disinterred from a site near the fort and reinterred in this newly designated national cemetery plot, officially National Cemetery #2. — — Map (db m171037) 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 m114216) HM
Colonel 9th Cavalry
Brevet Major General, U.S.A.
Born in Bangor, Me.
Dec. 22, 1832
Died at Fort Robinson, Neb.
April 11, 1889
[Battles]
Brill's Point • Charleston • Sykeston
New Madrid • Point Pleasant • Island No. 10 . . . — — Map (db m42071) WM
This National Cemetery
has been listed in
The National Register
of
Historic Places
by the
United States Department of the Interior
1999 — — Map (db m42059) HM
In October of 1864 when Fort Leavenworth and the city of Leavenworth were threatened by Confederate forces under General Sterling Price, fortifications were constructed on the crest of the ridge to the west. These works were armed with heavy siege . . . — — Map (db m66684) HM
Colonel 3d U.S. Infantry
Brevet Brig.-Gen. U.S. Army
Established
Fort Leavenworth May 8, 1827.
Born Dec. 10, 1783
Died July 21, 1834. — — Map (db m42070) HM WM
Samuel Turner Shepperd,
son of Honorable A. H. Shepperd
of North Carolina.
Died at Fort Leavenworth,
K. T. June 27, 1855
Aged 24 yrs, 3 mos.
He graduated at West Point in June 1854, entered the army as Brevet 2nd Lieut, 2nd Infantry and . . . — — Map (db m93433) WM
Dedicated to the Soldiers who died while serving their country at Fort Larned, Kansas (1859-1878). In 1888, remains were relocated from the post cemetery to Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Section B, where they were not identified. Among the . . . — — Map (db m93424) 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 troops. . . . — — Map (db m123526) 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 m138998) HM WM
Gen. Zachary Taylor (1784 – 1850), distinguished lifelong soldier and twelfth President of the United States, buried here in family cemetery. Commissioned Lt. in 1808. Served in War of 1812; Black Hawk War, 1832; Seminole War, 1836 – 43. . . . — — Map (db m21405) 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 troops. . . . — — Map (db m161214) HM
Civil War Louisville
When the Civil War began, Louisville was the largest city in Kentucky and the twelfth largest in the nation. Because its commercial and industrial economy was not dependent on slave labor, less than 10 percent of the . . . — — Map (db m161213) HM
The Battle of Rowlett's Station
On December 17, 1861, the 32nd Indiana Infantry (nicknamed the "1st German” regiment as it consisted entirely of German immigrants) engaged Confederate forces near Munfordville, Kentucky, in the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m161209) HM
The Committee to reopen and expand Camp Nelson National Cemetery, a nonprofit corporation, was formed, Sept. 19, 1974. This action was necessary as a result of a Presidential order closing certain national cemeteries in June 1967. On Memorial . . . — — Map (db m70651) HM
One of 40 burial grounds listed by Congress in 1866 to become National Cemetery sites. Although no battles were fought in immediate area, a large camp hospital was located here. There were 1,183 men buried in this cemetery between July 28, 1863, and . . . — — Map (db m70650) HM
Son of an Influential Kentucky Family
The Nelson family counted among its friends some of the most important families in Kentucky. William Nelson, born in 1824, near Maysville, Kentucky, grew up in an atmosphere of influence and wealth. . . . — — Map (db m70658) HM
In November 1861, the Confederate army commanded by General Felix Zollicoffer arrived in Mill Springs, Kentucky, on the south side of the Cumberland River. A month later, Zollicoffer had moved 6,000 men to the north side of Cumberland and . . . — — Map (db m88447) 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 m88451) HM
Battle of Mill Springs
Confederate forces established a defense line across southern Kentucky in fall 1861. Union and Confederate armies fought small-scale actions in the area, but the Battle of Mill Springs was the first major engagement. . . . — — Map (db m88450) HM
Civil War Baton Rouge
Control of the Mississippi River and New Orleans was vital to
the Union war effort. In April 1862, Union gunboats steamed
up the river. The vessels evaded the guns of Confederate-held
forts located below New Orleans, . . . — — Map (db m131637) HM
To the Memory of Genl. Philemon Thomas who was born in Orange County, VA. Feb. 9th, 1763 and died In Baton Rouge La. Nov. 18th, 1847. He was a soldier of "76, and of "14, a member of the Convention that framed the Constitution of Kentucky and . . . — — Map (db m131645) HM
In memory of
the officers and men of the Federal
Army and Navy from Massachusetts
who lost their lives in the Department
of the Gulf during the Civil War
1861-1865
Organizations
that served in the Department
4th Infantry
26th . . . — — Map (db m99056) WM
Federal soldiers killed in the Battle of Baton Rouge, August 5, 1862, were buried on this site which became a National Cemetery in 1867. Among soldiers buried here is General Philemon Thomas, remembered for his attack on the Spanish fort at Baton . . . — — Map (db m87226) 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 m93325) HM
We will not forget
those who served our
country and gave all…
Greater love hath no man
than this that a man
lay down his life for
his friend…
John 15:13 — — Map (db m93327) WM
Fall of Port Hudson In May 1863, Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks landed 30,000 soldiers at Bayou Sara north of Port Hudson. A force of 7,500 men commanded by Confederate Gen. Franklin Gardner held the Mississippi River stronghold. General Banks' . . . — — Map (db m129210) HM
Address by President Lincoln At the dedication of The Gettysburg National Cemetery November 19, 1863Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and . . . — — Map (db m137261) HM WM
The Alexandria National Cemetery, Pineville, was authorized by an Act of Congress on February 22, 1867, and the United States, through the Secretary of War, took possession April 1871 of this property from the Succession of Franco Poussan. The . . . — — Map (db m110587) HM
Civil War AlexandriaAlexandria, Louisiana, served briefly
of the Confederate Department of the Trans-Mississippi,
as the headquarters a vast area encompassing states and territories west of the
Mississippi River.In spring 1863, the . . . — — Map (db m136134) HM
Chalmette National Cemetery was established in 1864 as a burial place for Union soldiers who died in the gulf area during the Civil War. It also served as the site for reburials of soldiers from battlefield cemeteries in the region. This plot of . . . — — Map (db m97175) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m161730) 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 troops. . . . — — Map (db m114568) HM
Civil War Annapolis
In April 1861, Gen. Benjamin Butler and his Massachusetts troops entered the Maryland capital to ensure the state remained in the Union. The U.S. Army then reformed the Department of Annapolis, headed by Butler, to . . . — — Map (db m114566) 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 troops. . . . — — Map (db m135083) 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 nation, . . . — — Map (db m135087) HM WM
Erected by the United States to mark the burial place of twenty-nine Confederate soldiers who died at Fort McHenry, Maryland, while prisoners of war, and whose remains were there buried, but subsequently removed to this section, where the individual . . . — — Map (db m7050) 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 m155129) WM
Past Commanders
George H. Bush, Private Co. C., 1st Md. Cav.
John J. Goodmason, Steamer Osceola, U.S.N. Died, April 28, 1919.
Joseph Brooks, Private Co. D, Mc's Cav. Died June 13, 1935. . . . — — Map (db m155130) WM
National Cemetery (center panel)
In December 1861, the U.S. Sanitary Commission designated a small area of Loudon Park Cemetery for the burial of Union soldiers who died in Baltimore hospitals. The half-acre lot in the northeast corner . . . — — Map (db m135081) HM
The public spirited woman who made the 15 star flag that flew over Fort McHenry September 14, 1814, inspiring Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.
Site restored 1976 by the U.S. Daughters of 1812 and the Star Spangled Banner Flag . . . — — Map (db m89205) HM WM
(east side) Maryland’s tribute to her loyal sons who served in the United States Navy during the War for the Preservation of the Union.
(north side) Port Royal • November 7th, 1861 Monitor & Merrimack • March 9th, 1862 New Orleans . . . — — Map (db m135097) WM
(west side)
To the Sons of Maryland who perished in preserving to us and posterity the “Government of the People, by the People for the People,” secured by our fathers, through the Union. This memorial is erected by her . . . — — Map (db m135094) WM
Erected by the Women's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic.
[small plaque]
Department of MO. W.R.C.
Monument Committee
Ruth A. Graham
Florence J. Fink
Sallie A. Moore
Mary E. Wright
Clara A. Alford
Mary . . . — — Map (db m7048) HM
The Weiskettel Mausoleum has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m61045) 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 nation, . . . — — Map (db m134999) HM
World War II • 1942-1945
North China • 1945-1949
Korea • 1950-1955
Vietnam • 1965-1971
Southwest Asia • 1990-1991
Peacetime
Semper Fidelis
— — Map (db m183555) WM
