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 / 37.08556, -89.16306Coordinates: 37°5′8″N 89°9′47″W / 37.08556, -89.16306
Area:	National Cemetery
Built/Founded:	1864
Added to NRHP:	October 8, 1997^[1]
NRHP 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 References
5 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] References

^ >NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places, retrieved January 22, 2007.

[edit] External links

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Pulaski County, Illinois

County seat: Mound City

Cities	Mound City \| Mounds

Villages	Karnak \| New Grand Chain \| Olmsted \| Pulaski \| Ullin

Precincts	America \| Grand Chain \| Karnak \| Mound City \| Mounds \| Olmsted \| Perks \| Pulaski \| Ullin \| Villa Ridge \| Wetaug

Unincorporated communities	America \| Boaz \| Grand Chain \| Hillerman \| Meridian \| North Mounds \| Perks \| Spencer \| Villa Ridge