Greenwood Cemetery is a public cemetery in West Galena Township in the city of

Galena, Illinois Galena is the largest city in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It had a population of 3,308 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A section of the city is listed on the National Register of Historic Plac ...

. It is located one mile west of downtown Galena at the intersection of

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(Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Highway) and Gear Street. Greenwood Cemetery interments include

United States Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded ...

veterans and casualties along with a number of staff members from President

Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as Commanding General of the United States Army, commanding general, Grant led the Uni ...

's administration. Greenwood is an active cemetery and is open to the public.

Notable interments

Notable interments include * Leo E. Allen *

Augustus Louis Chetlain Augustus Louis Chetlain (December 26, 1824 – March 15, 1914) was a United States Army soldier who was the first man in Illinois to volunteer at the outbreak of the American Civil War. He served as a Union Army general officer, general. Early ...

* Jasper A. Maltby * Robert H. McClellan * William R. Rowley *

John Corson Smith John Corson Smith (February 13, 1832 – December 31, 1910) was an American military officer and politician from Pennsylvania. Coming to Galena, Illinois in 1854, Smith first practiced carpentry before receiving a commission at a customhouse. Smi ...

John Eugene Smith John Eugene Smith (1816-1897) was a Swiss immigrant to the United States, who served as a Union general during the American Civil War. Early life Smith was born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1816. His father had served under Napoleon Bonaparte and em ...

* Elihu B. Washburne * Charles S. Hempstead

External links

Galena & U.S. Grant Museum

Greenwood Cemetery: Illinois Digital Archives
– Illinois State Library * * Cemeteries in Illinois Protected areas of Jo Daviess County, Illinois Buildings and structures in Galena, Illinois {{JoDaviessCountyIL-geo-stub