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Stones River National Cemetery in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Within park boundaries is Stones River National Cemetery, [ 11 ] 20.09 acres (81,300 m 2 ) with 6,850 interments (2562 unidentified). Just outside the cemetery proper is the Hazen Brigade Monument (1863), the oldest surviving American Civil War monument standing in its original location.
The 0.84-acre site was acquired by the War Department in 1875 and before 1930 was administered under the authority of the superintendent of the Stones River National Cemetery. During this period the monument suffered "periods of neglect and deterioration."
The 600 acre (2.4 km 2) National Battlefield includes Stones River National Cemetery, established in 1865, with more than 6,000 Union graves. [40] The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved 74 acres (0.30 km 2 ) of the battlefield, some of which has been sold to the National Park Service and incorporated into ...
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1. Gen. George Custer. West Point, New York The Civil War general most famous for his "last stand" at the Battle of Little Big Horn can be found in the West Point Cemetery alongside many other ...
National Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee Creation of national cemeteries The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 military 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 on July 17, 1862. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "United States national cemeteries" The following 172 pages are in this category, out of 172 total. ... Stones River National Cemetery; T. Tahoma ...
This is a list of notable cemeteries in Tennessee. Entries marked ‡ are cemeteries with notable monuments or burials. Monument and graves of the Civil War Medal of Honor recipients at Chattanooga National Cemetery Union Army monument at Knoxville National Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee