Mound City National Cemetery
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Mound City National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near Mound City, in Pulaski County, Illinois. It encompasses Script error: No such module "convert"., and as of the end of 2005, had 8,098 interments. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it is managed by the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.[1] This cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
History
During the American Civil War, Mound City was the site of the Mound City Civil War Naval Hospital. The cemetery was used to inter both Union and Confederate soldiers who died while under care at the hospital. After it was officially declared a National Cemetery in 1864, several nearby battlefield cemeteries arranged to have their remains reinterred there.[2]
Mound City National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Notable monuments
- The Illinois State Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a marble monument erected in 1874.
Notable burials
- John Basil Turchin (1821–1901), Russian-born, United States Civil War Union Army brigadier general.[3]
- Alexander Bielaski (1811–1861), Polish-born United States Civil War Union Army officer killed at Battle of Belmont; father of Oscar Bielaski the first Polish-American Major League Baseball player, and grandfather of Alexander Bruce Bielaski, second Director of the Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
References
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External links
- National Cemetery Administration
- Mound City National Cemetery
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- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Historic American Landscapes Survey in Illinois
- United States national cemeteries
- Illinois in the American Civil War
- National Register of Historic Places in Pulaski County, Illinois
- Protected areas of Pulaski County, Illinois
- 1864 establishments in Illinois