There are two mausolea known as Miles Mausoleum in the United States.

Miles Mausoleum in Arlington National Cemetery

The Miles Mausoleum is located in Section 3 of the

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery is one of two national cemeteries run by the United States Army. Nearly 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres (259 ha) in Arlington, Virginia. There are about 30 funerals conducted on weekdays and 7 held on Sa ...

. Many members and descendants of the Miles Family (Lieutenant General

Nelson Appleton Miles Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925) was an American military general (United States), general who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars, and the Spanish–American War. From 1895 to 1903, Miles served a ...

and Major General

Sherman Miles Major General Sherman Miles (December 5, 1882Beer, Siegfried: "Sherman Miles – vor und nach Kärnten 1919. Anmerkungen zu einer hauptsächlich nachrichtendienstlichen Karriere in der US-Armee", pp. 309–317 in Valentin, H.; Haiden, S.; Ma ...

Burial Detail: Miles, Sherman (Section 3, Grave 1873)
– at ANC Explorer) are buried in this

mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...

on a hill in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. It is one of only two mausolea located within the confines of the Cemetery. The only other one belongs to the family of General Thomas Crook Sullivan and it is located in Section 1.

Miles Mausoleum in Illinois

Stephen Miles, a veteran of the War of 1812, was buried here by his son Stephen W. Miles. The mausoleum is located atop Eagle Cliff midway between Columbia and Valmeyer in what is known variously as Eagle Cliff Cemetery or Miles Cemetery in

Waterloo, Illinois Waterloo is a city in and county seat of Monroe County, Illinois. The population was 9,811 at the 2010 census. Geography Waterloo is located at (38.335243, -90.152685). According to the 2010 census, Waterloo has a total area of , of which (or ...

. Due to its size and position on the bluff, the mausoleum is visible from several miles away, and has thus gained a prominent position in local legend. It has been a frequent target for vandals, and as a result all bodies were removed and reburied elsewhere; the fifty-six crypts are now empty and open, and the door to the mausoleum is gone. At this time a renovation of the mausoleum is underway, and cameras are set up on the premises to monitor the mausoleum and surrounding cemetery property. {{coord, 38, 21, 48.51, N, 90, 15, 42.12, W, type:landmark_region:US_dim:13

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