Mound City National Cemetery is a

United States National Cemetery The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War, in an act passed by the U.S. Congress o ...

located near Mound City, in Pulaski County, Illinois. It encompasses , and as of the end of 2005, had 8,098 interments. Administered by the

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, it is managed by the

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is an American military cemetery located in St. Louis County, Missouri, just on the banks of the Mississippi River. The cemetery was established after the American Civil War in an attempt to put together a fo ...

. This cemetery is listed on the

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History

During the

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, Mound City was the site of the

Mound City Civil War Naval Hospital The Mound City Civil War Naval Hospital was a naval hospital in Mound City, Illinois, used by the United States Navy during the Civil War. The hospital was established in 1861 in an existing brick building claimed by the U.S. government. It becam ...

. The cemetery was used to inter both

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and

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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. Mound City National Cemetery was listed in the

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.''John Basil Turchin and the Fight to Free the Slaves''
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References

External links

National Cemetery Administration

Mound City National Cemetery
* * * {{National Register of Historic Places 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