Mound City National Cemetery

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Mound City National Cemetery
(U.S. National Register of Historic Places)
Location:	Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates:	37°5′8″N, 89°9′47″W
Area:	National Cemetery
Built/Founded:	1864
Added to NRHP:	October 8, 1997^[1]
Reference #:	97001174
MPS:	MPL020 - Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Governing body:	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Mound City National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near Mound City, in Pulaski County, Illinois. It encompasses 10.5 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 8,098 interments. It is administered by Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. This cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1 History
2 Notable monuments
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

During the American Civil War, Mound City had a large veteran hospital complex. The cemetery was used to inter both Union and Confederate soldiers who died while under care at the hospital. Officially declared a National Cemetery in 1864, several nearby battlefield cemeteries had their remains reinterred there.

Mound City National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

[edit] Notable monuments

The Illinois State Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a marble monument erected in 1874.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

	Municipalities and Communities of Pulaski County, Illinois (County Seat: Mound City)
Cities, Towns and Villages	America \| Boaz \| Grand Chain \| Hillerman \| Karnak \| Meridian \| Mound City \| Mounds \| New Grand Chain \| North Mounds \| Olmsted \| Perks \| Pulaski \| Spencer \| Ullin \| Villa Ridge
Precincts	America \| Grand Chain \| Karnak \| Mound City \| Mounds \| Olmsted \| Perks \| Pulaski \| Ullin \| Villa Ridge \| Wetaug