Alexandria National Cemetery (Alexandria, Louisiana)

Alexandria National Cemetery
Location 209 Shamrock Ave., Pineville, Louisiana
Coordinates 31°19′20″N 92°25′57″W / 31.322215°N 92.432399°W / 31.322215; -92.432399
Area 8.2 acres (3.3 ha)
Built 1867
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP Reference # 97000767[1]
Added to NRHP July 9, 1997

Alexandria National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Pineville, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It occupies approximately 8 acres (3.2 ha), and is site to 10,164 interments as of the end of 2005.

History

In 1867, an 8-acre (3.2 ha) plot was appropriated from a local resident to establish the Alexandria National Cemetery. It was originally intended as a place to bury Union soldiers who died in the area during the Civil War, but later, remains from Mount Pleasant, Cheneyville, Yellow Bayou, and Fort Brown, Texas, were re-interred in Alexandria. Of approximately 1378 Civil War burials, 507 are known and 871 are unknown.

Alexandria National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notable burials

See also

References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Services for Col. Gaines Saturday; Burial with Military Honors Monday", Minden Press-Herald, February 3, 1989, p. 1
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