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Site Name Rosehill Cemetery and Civil War Museum Street Address 5800 North Ravenswood Avenue City / State / Zip Chicago IL, 60660 Phone number 773-561-5940 Web Page   Admission Fee Free. Hours Mon.-Sat. 8:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M., Sun. 10:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Visitor services Public rest rooms, information, handicapped access, tours. Regular Events None.     Directions From I-94 (Edens Expressway) travel east on Foster Avenue and then north on Ravenswood. From Lake Shore Drive travel north on Lake Shore (U.S. 41), then west on Foster to Ravenswood.
Site Description
Rosehill Cemetery contains the graves of fourteen Union generals, six drummer boys, and hundreds of Civil War soldiers. Members of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, the unit that fired the first shots at Gettysburg, are buried here. Also buried here is a Chicago mayor who was charged with, and later acquitted of, assisting Confederate prisoners in escaping from Camp Douglas. A portion of the administration building is devoted to a Civil War museum that features exhibits on the war, emphasizing the roles of those who are buried in the cemetery and the city of Chicago's part in the conflict.

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