Mobile National Cemetery
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History
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.[2] 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 Script error: No such module "convert". was granted to the Army by the city in 1866.[2] By 1871, the cemetery had 841 interments, mostly soldiers whose remains were moved from other nearby battlefield sites.[2]
Mobile National Cemetery was listed, along with the rest of Magnolia Cemetery, on the National Register of Historic Places on 13 June 1986.[3]
Notable monuments
- The 76th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Monument was erected in 1892 by the survivors of the Battle of Fort Blakeley.[2]
- The Confederate Fortification Monument, a granite monument, was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1940.[2]
Notable interments
- Private First Class John Dury New (1924–1944 †), US Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient for action in World War II in the Palau Islands.[4]
See also
References
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- ↑ Sledge, John Sturdivant. Cities of Silence: A Guide to Mobile's Historic Cemeteries, pp. 24–26. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 2002.
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External links
- National Cemetery Administration
- Mobile National Cemetery
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- National Register of Historic Places in Mobile, Alabama
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
- Historic American Landscapes Survey in Alabama
- United States national cemeteries
- 1865 establishments in Alabama
- Cemeteries in Mobile, Alabama
- Cemeteries established in the 1860s