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Magnolia Cemetery including Mobile National Cemetery
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A portion of Mobile National Cemetery.
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| Location: | Mobile, Alabama |
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| Built: | 1866 |
| Governing body: | National Cemetery Administration. |
| NRHP Reference#: | 86003757[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | 13 June 1986 [2] |
Mobile National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Mobile, Alabama. It encompasses 5.2 acres (21,000 m²), and as of the end of 2005, had 5,326 interments. It is an annex to the larger Magnolia Cemetery.[3] Mobile National Cemetery is administered by Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida, and is currently closed to new interments.[4]
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Mobile National Cemetery was established in 1865, when Union troops occupied the city of Mobile after the Battle of Mobile Bay, during the Civil War.[4] Initially, casualties of the battle were interred in a section of the city owned Magnolia Cemetery, but they quickly had a need for more space and a plot of three acres (12,000 m²) was granted to the Army by the city in 1866.[4] By 1871, the cemetery had 841 interments, mostly soldiers whose remains were moved from other nearby battlefield sites.[4]
Mobile National Cemetery was listed, along with the rest of Magnolia Cemetery, on the National Register of Historic Places on 13 June 1986.[5]
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