Natchez National Cemetery
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History
The original site of the cemetery was purchased from local residents in 1866, to inter Union soldiers who died in the Civil War. Remains from battlefield and post cemeteries from around the region were brought to the cemetery to be reinterred. In 1866 a large number of soldiers who were buried in the levees of the west bank of the Mississippi River were exhumed and transferred to the National Cemetery.
Natchez National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Notable interments
- Landsman Wilson Brown,[1] Medal of Honor recipient for action aboard USS Hartford at the Battle of Mobile Bay during the Civil War.
- Major General Carey A. Randall, decorated officer in the Marine Corps; served as Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense from 1951–1960.
References
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External links
- National Cemetery Administration
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- Protected areas of Adams County, Mississippi
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
- United States national cemeteries
- Buildings and structures in Natchez, Mississippi
- Historic American Landscapes Survey in Mississippi
- National Register of Historic Places in Natchez, Mississippi
- Tourist attractions in Natchez, Mississippi
- Cemeteries established in the 1860s